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Historical Archive: Archaeological Museum of Florence, Museo Archeologico di Firenze Most gems are from the Medici Collection. Unless otherwise noted, gem mounts are modern gold. Osiris as vegetable god in coffin, wood and grain, Egypt 19th-20th dynasty, 1295-1069 BCE, Florence MA. This work has its own page. Medusa, 1st c. BCE/CE, red jasper intaglio, Florence MA Migliarini 1745 Medusa, 1st c. BCE/CE, modern impression, Florence MA Migliarini 1745 conch shell and inscription, 1st c. BCE/CE or 2nd c., red jasper intaglio, Florence MA 1731 conch shell and inscription, 1st c. BCE/CE or 2nd c., modern impression, Florence MA 1731 Minerva, 25-1 BCE, sardonyx, Florence MA 14841 Minerva, 25-1 BCE, modern impression, Florence MA 14841 Nereid riding hippocamp, sardonyx cameo, 1st c., Florence MA 14466 Medici cameo: emperor (Claudius Gothicus or Antoninus Pius?) with genius, sacrificing poss. to Hope, 1st-3rd c., sardonyx cameo in gilded metal, Florence MA 14443. This work has its own page. Empress, 2nd c., poss. Matidia (Augusta 112-19) or Sabina (Augusta fr. 119), aquamarine, Florence MA 14547 Hercules urinating, 3rd or late 15th c., sardonyx cameo, Florence MA 14612 Mars, 4th c., sapphire intaglio, Florence MA 14723 Mars, 4th c., modern impression, Florence MA 14723 Mummy portrait, 4th c. Egypt, tempera, Florence MA. This work has its own page. Christ and Apostles during the storm at sea, Oxyrhynchus papyrus, 313-640, Florence MA Icons of St. Victor and of veiled woman, Egypt late 6th-early 7th c., Florence MA. These icons have their own page. Norpertus seal, agate intaglio, late 9th-early 10th c., Florence MA 15060 (246) Norpertus seal slightly from right, agate intaglio, late 9th-early 10th c., Florence MA 15060 (246) Norpertus seal, modern impression, late 9th-early 10th c., Florence MA 15060 (246) stag wounded by arrow, sardonyx cameo, 15th or 17th c., Florence MA 14584 Crowned woman, prob. late 15th c., or Antonia Minor 1st c., sardonyx cameo, Florence MA 14553 Hercules and Nemean lion, 1500-25, fossil coral cameo (stellaria stone), Florence MA 15891 Iphigenia, Orestes, and Pylades in Tauris or Ulysses and Diomedes seizing Palladion, prob. c.1500-50, sardonyx cameo in 16th-c. gold and enamel mount, Florence MA 14468