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29-128-1809

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1809
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Neo-Babylonian
Provenience Mediterranean
Date Made ca. 625 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sard
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Genius | Situla | Tree
Description

Vermeule: Intaglio. Mottled white sard. (Modern gilt swivel setting) Scaraboid shape. Genius in fish's skin garb holding situla in left hand, standing at altar or tree. Neo-Babylonian; circa 625 B.C.

Length 1.7 cm
Width 1.2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1809 - Sommerville Gem Number | 29-128-11 - Other Number

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