Gem
Pendant
29-128-289
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 29-128-289 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Neoclassical |
Date Made | 1700-1850 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Chalcedony | Gold |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Septimus Severus |
Description | Sommerville: Chalcedony. Heliogabalus, twenty-eighth Emperor of Rome. Rare and beautiful cameo, giving the entire figure. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case R. Vermeule: Chalcedony. Gold Cameo. Statue of a roman emperor in military costume holding parazoniums and orb. Termed by Sommerville, Heliogabalus, 28th emperor of Rome but more likely emperor Septimus Severus |
Height | 6.1 cm |
Width | 4.1 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 289 - Sommerville Number |
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