Gem
29-128-146
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-146 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Date Made | 50 BCE-400 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Carnelian |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Eros | Ionic Column |
| Description | Sommerville: Carnelian - Intaglio. Antique. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case I. Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (Unmounted). Eros leaning against Ionic column and holding Bacchic attributes [symbole]? "bought from Mirza Petros Khan, Persian Commissioner to the Vienna Exhibition, 1873" Graeco-Roman. |
| Length | 1.3 cm |
| Width | 0.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 146 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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