Gem
Gem
29-128-799
From: Mediterranean | Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-799 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sardonyx | Sardonyx |
| Technique | Cameo | Cameo |
| Iconography | Woman | Semiramis | Woman | Semiramis |
| Description | Sommerville: Sardonyx. Semiramis, the daughter of the goddess of Derceto of Ascalon in Syria. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case WW. Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Unmounted) Bust of a woman left, identified by Sommerville as "Semiramis, the daughter of the goddess of Derceto of Ascalon in Syria." The features recall Hellenistic versions of the Greek ideal type of the 5th cent. B.C. Neo-Classic |
| Height | 4 cm |
| Width | 3.1 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 799 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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