Gem

29-128-100

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-100
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1600-1699
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Woman | Julia Paula
Description

Sommerville: Pale Sardonyx. Julia Paua wife of Heliogabalus. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case F.

Vermeule: Pale Sardonyx. Cameo (unmounted) Veiled draped bust of a woman of Roman type facing to left. "Julia Paula, wife of Elagabalus." 17th Century?

Length 2 cm
Width 1.6 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 100 - Sommerville Gem Number

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