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29-128-1222

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1222
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Date Made 0-299 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Paste
Technique Cameo
Iconography Aurora | Chariot
Description

Sommerville: Antique paste cameo, color blue enamel on sard. Aurora in her chariot. Antique Pastes, Case XXX.

Vermeule: Glass paste. Antique: Blue enamel on Sard. Cameo. Biga to left, female driving, the cloak billows out behind her. Aurora? Repaired with wax on the back. Graeco-Roman, 1st to III A.D.

Length 2.3 cm
Width 2.1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1222 - Sommerville Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number

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