Object Number | 29-128-2496 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Roman |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Imperial Roman Period |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Jasper |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Hellenistic Ruler? |
Description | Vermeule: Grey Jasper. Draped bearded bust of a man facing right; a diadem or fellet about his head. The features suggest those of a Hellenistic ruler, perhaps an Eastern Greek King of the II - I century B.C. cf. coins of Mithradates I of Parthia C. 160 B.C. Graeco-Roman. |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 2496 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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