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29-128-1181

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Object Number 29-128-1181
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Imperial Roman Period
Date Made 100-299 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Paste
Technique Cameo
Iconography Prince Paris | Goddess | Heracles | Athena | Owl
Description

Sommerville: Antique paste cameo, color white on pale ruby. Paris. Antique Pastes, Case UUU.

Vermeule: Glass paste, imitating Sardonyx. Cameo. (Unmounted) Colors: white on pale red. A mythological scene, Herakles flanked by two women, the one on the right appearing to be slightly stooped and elderly. The one on the left is probably a goddess since an attribute such as an owl (Athena) appears at her feet near the center of the composition. Graeco-Roman. Ist or IInd A.D., imitating a Hellenistic composition.

Length 2.4 cm
Width 2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1181 - Sommerville Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number

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