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| Object Number: | 29-128-110 |
| Current Location: | Collections storage |
| Provenience: | Mediterranean |
| Period: | Neoclassical |
| Date Made: | 1700-1850 |
| Early Date: | 1700 |
| Late Date: | 1850 |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Sardonyx |
| Technique: | Cameo |
| Iconography: | Lysimachus Alexander the Great Zeus-Ammon |
| Height: | 1.6cm |
| Width: | 1.9cm |
| Credit Line: | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 110 - Sommerville Gem Number |
Description
Draped bust of Alexander the Great, facing to left. He wears the horn of Zeus Ammon. Neo-Classic.
Bibliography:
| [Book] Sommerville, Maxwell. 1889. Catalogue Raisonne of the Sommerville Collection of Engraved Gems: A Descriptive List of Cameos, Intaglios, Seals, Rings, Amulets, Talismans, etc. Forming a Compend of Greek and Roman Mythology and Classical History. Actual Citation | View Objects related to this Actual Citation | |
| [Book] Sommerville, Maxwell. 1889. Catalogue Raisonne of the Sommerville Collection of Engraved Gems: A Descriptive List of Cameos, Intaglios, Seals, Rings, Amulets, Talismans, etc. Forming a Compend of Greek and Roman Mythology and Classical History. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 673, no. 110 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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