Gem

Object Number:

29-128-118

Current Location:

Collections storage

Provenience:

Mediterranean

Period:

Neoclassical

Date Made:

1700-1850

Early Date:

1700

Late Date:

1850

Section:

Mediterranean

Materials:

Sardonyx

Technique:

Cameo

Iconography:

Roman Empress
Marciana Augusta

Description:

Marciania Augusta, sister of Trajan (98-117 A.D.) and mother of Matidia., facing right.

Length:

2.2cm

Width:

1.7cm

Credit Line:

Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville

Other Number:

118	-	Sommerville Number
603	-	Vermeule Number (Sommerville Gems)

Bibliography:

[Book] Berges, Dietrich. 2011. Höchste Schönheit und einfache Grazie. Klassizistische Gemmen und Kameen der Sammlung Maxwell Sommerville im University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia PA. : Page/Fig./Plate: Pg. 280, Fig. 222, Pl. 352

[Book] Vermeule, Cornelius C. 1950. The Sommerville Gem Collection of the University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

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