Gem

29-128-601

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-601
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture European
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Western Europe
Period Medieval
Date Made 700-1099
Section Mediterranean
Materials Jasper
Technique Cameo
Iconography Veiled Head
Description

Sommerville: Maculated Jasper. A Head, with sacerdotal drapery. Maculated Pebbles, Etc, Case JJ.

Vermeule: Maculated Jasper. Cameo. (Unmounted). Veiled head to left., perhaps representing a Roman with toga arranged for sacrifice.

Height 4.5 cm
Width 3.7 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 601 - Sommerville Gem Number

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