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29-128-1915

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1915
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Graeco-Roman Period
Date Made 50 BCE-400 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Carnelian | Metal
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Apollo | Column | Lyre
Description

Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. Apollo leaning to right, on a large lyre placed on a column. His right hand is placed on top of his head. Composition reproduces a celebrated Temple statue in Rome. Statue itself was probably carved c. 100 B.C. Graeco-Roman.

Height 1.5 cm
Width 1.2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1915 - Sommerville Gem Number

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