Syries(77 words)
[German version]
(Συρίης/Syríēs). Like Onesimus a gem-cutter of 'island stones' (second half of the 6th cent. BC), both probably working in Euboea. The inscription ΣΥΡΙΕΣ on a green steatite pseudo-scarab, with the reverse moulded as a Silen mask and an image of a citharode climbing on to a bêma (Rostrum) (London, BM), is considered to be the earliest master signature of a gem-cutter.
Gem cutting
Michel, Simone (Hamburg)
Bibliography
Zazoff, AG, 83 f., note 48 f., plate 19.
Cite this page
Michel, Simone (Hamburg),
“Syries”, in:
Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry.
Consulted online on 04 March 2021 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e1127700>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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