Object Number | 29-128-34 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Graeco-Roman |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Graeco-Roman Period |
Date Made | 50 BCE-400 CE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Onyx |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Aesclepius | Telesphoros |
Description | Sommerville: Onyx. Aesculapius and Telesphoros. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case C. Vermeule: Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Asklepios-Telephoros; in three fragments which have been restored with wax and gilt to complete the scene. Sommerville states that "the gilt restoration was made by myself after an old engraving in a Roman collection." |
Height | 8.3 cm |
Width | 5.4 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 34 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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