Gem

29-128-129

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-129
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Sulla
Description

Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx. Sulla the Dictator BC 138. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case H.

Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo (Unmounted). Filleted bust of an elderly man of classical type facing to right. Sommerville identifies him as Sulla, the dictator. Neo-Classic, imitating a Roman cameo.

Length 4.3 cm
Width 3.1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 129 - Sommerville Gem Number

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