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Historical Archive: Musée du Louvre: Gemstones and steatite Agate, Amber, Amethyst, Chalcedony, Emerald, Jasper, Jet, Lapis lazuli, Rock Crystal, Ruby, Sapphire, Sardonyx, Serpentine woman giving birth (baby's head at base), lapis lazuli with shell eyes and copper carrying wire, Bactrian (Iran, SE. Kerman province, Tepe Giyan III, IV, 3rd millennium BCE ?), Louvre AO 31921 pin head, serpent with ears, lapis lazuli and copper, Bactrian (Iran, SE. Kerman province, Tepe Giyan III, IV, 3rd millennium BCE ?), Louvre AO 31920 eyes: bull's head, copper/mother of pearl/lapis lazuli; mid 3rd millennium BCE Tello (Girsu), Louvre AO 2676 bull's head, Louvre AO 2676, frontal eyes: Superintendent Ebih-Il, from temple of Ishtar, Mari, Syria: gypsum, lapis lazuli, shell, c.2340 BCE, Louvre AO 17551, which has its own page. bull with man's head, steatite, Mesopotamia c.2150–2000 BCE, Louvre AO 2752 bull with man's head, Louvre AO 2752, head bull with man's head, Louvre AO 2752, back serpentine plate 1st c. BCE/CE, in paten, gems in metalwork mid to second half 9th c., fish inlay poss. 4th/5th c., Louvre MR 415. This work has its own page. 20 sided die with Greek letters, steatite (with normal bone die), Roman era? Louvre I 1532 Roman cubic die, amber, Louvre Roman cameos on composite by Luigi Valadier 1785, Louvre MR 46, which has its own page Augustus cameo 1st c., on composite Luigi Valadier 1785, Louvre MR 46, which has its own page Sasanian or Islamic crystal vessel, in Eleanor Vase 1137-47, Louvre MR 340. This work has its own page. rock crystal fish, 4th-5th c., Louvre OA 9297 Christ: Byzantine cameo and setting, lapis lazuli, silver gilt, c.1100-50, Louvre MR 95. This side has its own page. Mary: Byzantine cameo and setting, lapis lazuli, silver gilt, c.1100-50, Louvre MR 95. This side has its own page. Christ crowned by Victories, sardonyx cameo, 13th-c. South Italy, Louvre MR 80/BJ 1878/OA 9513 Christ crowned cameo, Louvre MR 80, oblique from below reliquary crown, silver gilt and gems, Mosan c. 1260-70, Louvre OA 9445 reliquary crown, Louvre OA 9445, angel and pinnacle reliquary crown, Louvre OA 9445, pinnacle and angel Signet ring "of Louis IX", sapphire/gold/enamel, 14th c., Louvre OA MR 92, which has its own page ewer: silver gilt metalwork 14th, 17th, and 18th c.; rock crystal, Paris mid 14th c.; Louvre OA 62A silver gilt metalwork France, 14th-17th c.; rock crystal ewer, France? 14th c.; Louvre OA 29. This work has its own page. Signet ring "of the Black Prince", ruby or garnet/gold/enamel, c.1350-1400, Louvre OA 9597, which has its own page Deposition with stamp of Santiago de Compostella, jet and silver, 15th or 16th c., Louvre OA 11112 amethyst beaker, Paris or Venice?, c.1400, Louvre OA 2042 Ring of Jean sans Peur, Paris c.1410, Louvre OA 9524, which has its own page. salt cellar, gold metalwork probably Jaquet de Chiefdeville, 1462, Paris; jasper bowl mid 15th c.; Louvre MV 127. This work has its own page. reliquary of the hand of St Martha from the convent of St Martha of Venice, silver gilt, Giovanni Leon, Venice 1472-74, Louvre OA 5641. This work has its own page. skull, rock crystal, Italy, probably c.1550-1600, Louvre MR 327 skull, Louvre MR 327, oblique from front/right prob. 18th c. sapphire in signet ring, 15th c. gold, Louvre OA MRR 229, which has its own page