/internal/media/dispatcher/1704396/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailOval gem with the head of a Ptolemaic queen as Isismid 2nd century B.C.LykomedesLength x width x depth: 33 × 27 × 11 mm (1 5/16 × 1 1/16 × 7/16 in.)ChalcedonyBartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 191227.7110Intaglio. 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 / Adornment1.100000000024251601