Editing Shrine of the Three Kings (section)

==== Ptolemy cameo ====
On January 28, 1574, the highly decorative parts of the shrine were stolen, including the Ptolemy cameo, from the trapezoid plate. The thief looted the shrine at a time when the priest celebrated mass and his back faced the laity. Unfortunately, the gems and jewels have never been recovered, nor has the identity of the thief been found. <ref name=":0" />
[[File:Ptolemäer-Kameo KHM IXa 81.jpg|thumb|Ptolemy Cameo]]
The stolen cameo, an Indian sardonyx with seventeen layers, eleven of which were used for engraving, was said to have two heads on it, and the measurement was about the size of a hand. The two heads represent the portrait of Ptolemy II and his wife, Arsinoë II. It was created during the Hellenistic period, 3rd century, in Egypt.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cameo with portrait heads {{!}} Greek, Ptolemaic {{!}} Hellenistic |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/629510 |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=The Metropolitan Museum of Art}}</ref>

[[Albertus Magnus]] described the appearance of the stolen cameo in a note. In October 1586, the cameo was later offered in Rome to [[Fulvio Orsini]], a Flemish dealer. It was discovered to have been fractured during the times of the robbery, but it was repaired with an armored piece called a [[gorget]], which was made of steel or leather, and a golden frame.<ref name=":0" /> From 1586 onward, it has not been returned to the shrine, rather, it resides in the imperial collection at Vienna, which was confirmed by Clifford Brown.<ref name=":0" />