Object Number | 29-128-72 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Graeco-Roman |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Chalcedony | Onyx |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Tranquillina | Goddess | Persephone? |
Description | Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx. Tranquillina wife of Gordionus Pius III. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case E. Vermeule: Chalcedony Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted) Broken across bottom. Draped filleted bust of a goddess, perhaps Persephone facing to left. Sommerville identifies as "Tranquillina, wife of Gordionus Pius III", is pure fantasy. Graeco-Roman? after Hellenistic model. |
Length | 2.5 cm |
Width | 1.5 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 72 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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