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29-128-149

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-149
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Renaissance
Section Mediterranean
Materials Egyptian Jasper
Technique Cameo
Iconography Cybele
Description

Sommerville: Egyptian Jasper. A Castellated head representing on the obverse the head of Cybele. obverse: names of cities in the Ionian Confederacy as follows: [Phocaea, Klaros, Eretria, Chalcis, Teos, Mycale, Lebedos, Colophon, Ephesus, Priene, Myonnesus, Miletus]. See Sommerville publication for transcription and discussion. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case J.

Vermeule: Egyptian Jasper. Unmounted. Head of Cybele facing right; turreted crown on her head. Lengthy Greek inscription on obverse and reverse.

Length 63 cm
Width 57 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 149 - Sommerville Gem Number

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