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29-128-832

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-832
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Imperial Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony
Technique Cameo
Iconography Roman Wolf | Romulus | Remus
Description

Sommerville: Romulus, Remus, and the She-Wolf. Tenerae, Case ZZ.

Vermeule: Chalcedony. Cameo. (Unmounted) in two layers. The Roman Wolf with the Twins, Romulus and Remus. Roman Imperial.

Height 1.4 cm
Width 1.8 cm
Depth 0.6 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 832 - Sommerville Gem Number

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