| Object Number | 29-128-288 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1800-1879 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Chalcedony | Onyx |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Semele | Thyone |
| Description | Sommerville: Chalcedony-onyx. Semele, afterward called Thyone, mother of Dionysus. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case Q Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Draped bust of a Bacchic figure with grape vine in her hair, facing to right. Sommerville identifies her as Semele the mother of Dionysus. 19th century. |
| Length | 2.5 cm |
| Width | 3.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 288 - Sommerville Number |
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