Gem

29-128-1431

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1431
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Gnostic
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Late Antique Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Onyx | Chalcedony
Technique Cameo
Iconography Serapis | Inscription
Description

Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. Abraxas, Case AAAAA.

Vermeule: Chalcedony, Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted) Bust of Serapis to right. For inscription see Sommerville... Late antique or "Gnostic"

Height 1.9 cm
Width 2.7 cm
Thickness 0.1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 565 - Sommerville Gem Number | 1431 - Sommerville Gem Number | 29-128-565 - Old Museum Number

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