Gem
29-128-1137
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1137 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Paste |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Heracles |
| Description | Sommerville: Antique paste intaglio, color ruby. Young Hercules. Antique Pastes, Case TTT. Vermeule: Enameled paste, imitating Amethyst. Cameo. (Ringstone, Unmounted) Bust of a man facing to right, his features are those of a person of the later Roman republic or the earlier Empire. Graeco-Roman. |
| Length | 1.2 cm |
| Width | 1 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1137 - Sommerville Gem Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number |
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