Gem

29-128-37

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-37
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman (uncertain)
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Graeco-Roman Period (uncertain)
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Diana | Selene | Biga | Horses
Description

Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx. Diana in a chariot. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case C.

Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo (Unmounted) Selene driving a biga to right. The horses are rearing back and her drapery billows out over her head and behind her. Greco-Roman?

Length 3.1 cm
Width 2.1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 37 - Sommerville Gem Number

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