File:Sardonyx cameo portrait of the emperor Augustus.JPG

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English: Sardonyx cameo portrait of the emperor Augustus.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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English: Sardonyx cameo portrait of the emperor Augustus.
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English: The cameo depicts Augustus as a triumphant demigod wearing the aegis, decorated with the head of a wind god, perhaps intended as a personification of the summer winds that brought the corn fleet from Egypt to Rome and so an oblique reference to Augustus' annexation of Egypt.
Date between 41 and 54 AD
Medium sardonyx
institution QS:P195,Q160236
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Ancient Greek and Roman Art
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42.11.30
Object history Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1942
Source/Photographer Self-photographed, Caroline Léna Becker
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