| Object Number | 29-128-418 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Jasper |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Gordianus Africanus Senior |
| Description | Sommerville: Oriental Jasper. Gordianus Africanus Senior, thirty-first Emperor of Rome. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case X. Vermeule: Oriental Jasper. Cameo. (Unmounted). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of a Roman IIIrd century A.D. emperor to right. Sommerville identifies him as Gordianus Africanus Senior (238 A.D.) a short-lived and unfortunate Emperor. |
| Height | 2.3 cm |
| Width | 1.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 418 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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