Gem

Necklace

29-128-1324

From: Italy | Campania | Mount Gaurus | Cumae

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 29-128-1324
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Italy | Campania | Mount Gaurus | Cumae
Period Roman Period
Date Made ca. 200 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Amber
Description

Sommerville: Amber. A necklace found the in ruins of Cumae on the hill of Mount Gaurus near Misenum. This ornament was probably cut B.C. 200. Ambers, Case EEEE.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1324 - Sommerville Gem Number

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