Object Number | 29-128-831 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Post Classical |
Date Made | 1500-1699 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Shell |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Zenobia | Odenathus |
Description | Sommerville: Zenobia and Odenathus of Palmyra. Tenerae, Case ZZ. Vermeule: Cameo. Shell [unmounted]. Head of a man, laureate and veiled facing to left. Head of a woman with elaborate headdress facing to right. Both have idealized African features "Zenobia and Adenathus" 17th century (?) |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 831 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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