The second most significant gem of its type in the country – a Parthian-Sassanian intaglio (in brown-grey agate) – has been stolen from a house near Evesham.
It was taken some time between June 15 and
19 by what appears to be an opportunist, walk-in thief, who also
took three peices of silver made by the Guild of Handicraft in
Chipping Campden.
The intaglio dates from the 3rd-7th century
AD and bears the image of the Roman (Capitoline) wolf and twins
Romulus and Remus.
It is significant in representing this in an
Iranian context, with a middle Persian inscription surrounding the
image.
Any information to West Mercia Police burglary unit, Worcester
Police Station, on 0300 333 3000 (incident 248-S-300612) or
anonymously to Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.
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