The jasper engraving portrays a horse with the bridle around the neck depicted in profile to the left with the foreleg in the background raised and a palm branch in front of the mouth. The presence of the palm indicates that it is a victorious horse at the circus games. It is a very common subject in Roman glyptic, the Torcello specimen was probably engraved in a workshop in Aquileia.
Title: Black jasper engraved with victorious horse with palm branch
Author: Anonymous
Date: I - II century AD
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Displayed in: Torcello Museum
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