Gem

29-128-381

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-381
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Man | Woman | Alexander Severus | Julia Mamaea
Description

Sommerville: Onyx. Alexander Severus, twenty-ninth Emperor of Rome, and his mother, Julia Mamaea. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case V.

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. Hole across top, unmounted. Draped Jugate busts of a Roman woman and a young man; facing to left. "Alexander Severus and Julia Mamaea". Neo-Classic, suggesting an ancient stone.

Height 2 cm
Width 2.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 381 - Sommerville Gem Number

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