Object Number | 29-128-1351 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Neoclassical |
Date Made | 1700-1850 CE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Alabaster |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Parthians | Prisoners |
Description | Sommerville: Oriental alabaster. A group of Jewish prisoners. Their arms are bound behind them. (From the Zanetti collection). Cameos, Case MMMM. Vermeule: Oriental alabaster. Cameo. Three Parthian prisoners walking to left or (two Parthians led by a Roman legionary). The scene is based on one of the Zoccolo reliefs of the Arch of Septimius Severus in the Forum Romanum. |
Height | 3 cm |
Width | 1.1 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 1351 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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