Gem

29-128-1133

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1133
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Date Made 50 BCE-400 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Paste
Technique Cameo
Iconography Minerva | Athena | Corinthian Helmet | Aegis
Description

Sommerville: Antique paste cameo, color pale ruby. Minerva. Antique Pastes, Case TTT.

Vermeule: Paste. Patinated ruby color. Cameo. Bust of Minerva to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet and aegis about her shoulders.

Length 4 cm
Width 3 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1133 - Sommerville Gem Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number

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