Gem

29-128-34

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-34
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Graeco-Roman Period
Date Made 50 BCE-400 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Aesclepius | Telesphoros
Description

Sommerville: Onyx. Aesculapius and Telesphoros. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case C.

Vermeule: Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Asklepios-Telephoros; in three fragments which have been restored with wax and gilt to complete the scene. Sommerville states that "the gilt restoration was made by myself after an old engraving in a Roman collection."

Height 8.3 cm
Width 5.4 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 34 - Sommerville Gem Number

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