Object Image

Carnelian ring stone

Unknown Artist

Bust of Hermes wearing chlamys.

Credit: Gift of John Taylor Johnston, 1881

1st century B.C.–3rd century A.D.

Carnelian

1.3 x 1.3 cm

81.6.76

Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018

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