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29-128-1183

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1183
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Date Made 50 BCE-400 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Paste
Technique Cameo
Iconography Satyr | Nymph | Satyr | Maenad
Description

Sommerville: Antique paste cameo. A Satyr and Nymph. Antique Pastes, Case VVV.

Vermeule: Paste, white on sapphire. Cameo. A Maenad defending herself from a satyr. This composition was a popular one in antiquity and exists on marble reliefs, notably an example in the National Museum, Naples. Graeco-Roman.

Length 1.9 cm
Width 1.4 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1183 - Sommerville Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number

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