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29-128-266

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-266
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Medieval
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Medieval
Section Mediterranean
Materials Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Saint John The Baptist | Inscription
Description

Sommerville: Onyx. John the Baptist. A curious cameo. Examine closely inscription. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case P.

Vermeule: Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). St. John the Baptist preaching in the wilderness. Traces of an inscription in medieval Greek letters. Medieval.

Length 3 cm
Width 2.4 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 266 - Sommerville Number

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