Gem
29-128-1116
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 29-128-1116 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Graeco-Roman |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Paste |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Athena | Minerva |
Description | Sommerville: Antique Paste Intaglio. Minerva. Antique Pastes, Case SSS. Vermeule: Paste, Iridescent. Intaglio. (Unmounted) Helmeted bust of Athena to right, with the aegis. The design is based freely on some older intaglio copying Phidias' Athena Parthenos. Graeco-Roman. |
Height | 1.5 cm |
Width | 1.1 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 1116 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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