Object Number | 29-128-133 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Graeco-Roman |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Imperial Roman Period |
Date Made | 100-199 CE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Onyx |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Nike | Biga |
Description | Sommerville: Onyx - cupid guidnig a biga. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case I. Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Nike driving a biga of horses to right. Graeco-Roman? The composition quite like that on imperial bronze medallions of the II century A.D. |
Length | 2.5 cm |
Width | 2 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 133 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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