Gods and Robots. Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology

Fig. 6.9. Prometheus sitting on a rock, attach-
ing raised arm to skeleton of first human, cast of
carved gem, dark green jasper, first century BC,
82.AN.162.69. Courtesy of the Getty Museum.

Fig. 6.10. Prometheus attaching the arm to

a skeleton, carnelian scarab, about 100 BC

(modern gold ring setting). Boston Museum of

Fine Arts, 62.184, Gift of Mrs. Harry Lyman.

Fig. 6.11 (plate 11). Prometheus using a mallet to make a skeleton, chalcedony gem, first cen-
tury BC, Thorvaldsens Museum, Denmark, acc. no. 185.