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29-128-1213

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Object Number 29-128-1213
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Section Mediterranean
Materials Glass
Technique Cameo
Iconography Roman Emperor | Marcus Aurelius?
Description

Sommerville: Antique iridescent glass. Geta, brother of Caracalla. Antique Pastes, Case WWW.

Vermeule: Glass, iridescent. Cameo. (Unmounted). Draped cuirass bust of Roman Emperor to right. Although the surface is deteriorated, the portrait seems to be that of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, C A.D. 160.

Length 2.5 cm
Width 2.4 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1213 - Sommerville Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number

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