http://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/1704396/resize%3Aformat%3DfullOval gem with the head of a Ptolemaic queen as Isismid 2nd century B.C.LykomedesChalcedonyIntaglio. Motif is very deeply carved into the convex side of gem. Female head in profile, facing left, wearing stylized hairstyle: corkscrew curls hang down her neck and in front of her ears forming a double layer fringe along her forehead; half of the curls are gathered back into a bun. She wears a ribbon or fillet with the symbol of Isis (the sun set between a pair of cow horns); the ends of the fillet have three small tassels and emerge from the bun and hang down among the curls on her neck. She has a full chin and fleshy neck, pronounced nostril, and a slight bump at the end of her nose. Inscribed 'LYKOMEDES' along the side of stone at the back of the head.Jewelry / Adornment1.1000000000 Millimetershttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/242516/rdf