Gem
29-128-1151
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1151 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Paste |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Hannibal | Warrior | Hannibal? | Ares? |
| Description | Sommerville: Antique paste intaglio, color pale sard. Hannibal. Antique Pastes, Case TTT. Vermeule: Glass paste, imitating pale sard. Intaglio. (Unmounted) Bust of a bearded warrior facing right. Sommerville identifies him as Hannibal, but he may be simply Ares, the God of War. Graeco-Roman. |
| Length | 1.2 cm |
| Width | 0.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1151 - Sommerville Gem Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number |
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