Object Number | 29-128-1197 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Roman |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Imperial Roman Period |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Paste |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Asiatic King | Parthian? |
Description | Sommerville: Antique paste intaglio, color ruby. An Asiatic King. Antique Pastes, Case VVV. Vermeule: Paste, colored Ruby. Intaglio. (Unmounted) Diademed, draped bust of an Asiatic King facing to left. The features suggest a Parthian ruler of the Roman Imperial Period. Graeco-Roman. |
Length | 1.9 cm |
Width | 1.5 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 1197 - Sommerville Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number |
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