| Object Number | 29-128-1236 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Italic | Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Republican Roman Period |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Paste |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Orestes | Electra | Warriors | Altar? |
| Description | Sommerville: Antique paste intaglio. Orestes and his sister Electra, who saved his life when his father, Agamemnon, was murdered by Aegisthus and Clytaemnestra. Antique Pastes, Case XXX. Vermeule: Glass Paste, imitating banded Agate. Intaglio (Unmounted) Two nude figures perhaps intended for heros of the Trojan war, seated facing each other, an altar or a table in between. Italic, in a crude local style. |
| Length | 1.6 cm |
| Width | 1.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1236 - Sommerville Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number |
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