Object Number | 29-128-1166 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Roman |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Republican Roman Period |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Paste |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Polynices | Warrior |
Description | Sommerville: Antique paste intaglio, color pale sard. Polynices, son of Oedipus and Jocasta. Antique Pastes, Case UUU. Vermeule: Glass paste. Intaglio. (Unmounted) Color originally pale Sard. A warrior seated to right, cable border or late Etruscan style. Subject termed by Sommerville "Polynices son of Oedipus and Jocasta." The design shows a fine Greek style. Roman-Republic. |
Length | 1.6 cm |
Width | 1.3 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 1166 - Sommerville Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number |
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