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29-128-692

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-692
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Italian
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Italy
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1800-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Agate
Technique Cameo
Iconography Emperor | Empress | Philip the Arab | Otacillia Severa
Description

Sommerville: Maculated Agate. Philip the Arabian, thirty-sixth Emperor of Rome, and his wife, Otacillia. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case PP.

Vermeule: Maculated Agate. Cameo. Jugate busts of two imperial personages of IIIrd. century A.D. facing right. Sommerville identifies them as Philip the Arab, 36th Emperor of Rome and his wife Atacilia Severs. Italian work probably of 19th century.

Height 3.2 cm
Width 2.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 692 - Sommerville Gem Number

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