Gem

Object Number:

29-128-1214

Current Location:

Collections storage

Culture:

Graeco-Roman

Provenience:

Mediterranean

Section:

Mediterranean

Materials:

Paste

Technique:

Intaglio

Iconography:

Homer?
Philosopher?
Hellenistic Ruler?
Chrysippos?

Description:

Glass paste, imitating Sardonyx. (Unmounted) Draped bust of a Hellenistic or earlier philosopher facing to left. Sommerville identifies him as Homer but his features are more those of the so-called Chrysippos. Graeco-Roman.

Length:

1.4cm

Width:

1.2cm

Credit Line:

Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville

Other Number:

1214	-	Sommerville Number
GL01b (ancient glass project)	-	Other Number

Bibliography:

[Book] Berges, Dietrich. 2002. Antike Siegel und Glasgemmen der Sammlung Maxwell Sommerville: im University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. 78. : Page/Fig./Plate: 63

[Book] Sommerville, Maxwell. 1877. Engraved Gems : Their Place in the History of Art.

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