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MS5390

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS5390
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Roman Period
Date Made 1st century BCE-1st century CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Glass
Technique Cameo
Iconography Elephant | Human Head | Geometric Motif
Description

Blue base, cased with bluish white overlay. Eastern design cut, two-headed elephant, human head on body, fragment of geometric design inscribed in circle visible. Glass. Translucent, blue, whitish overlay. Cameo-cut technique.

Length 5.5 cm
Width 4.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Robert H. Lamborn, 1898
Other Number GL04 (ancient glass project) - Other Number | MS4055 - Original Number

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