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29-128-219

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-219
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Section Mediterranean
Materials Agate | Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Omphale | Lion Skin
Description

Sommerville: Agate-onyx. Iole, daughter of Eurytus, married to Hyllus, son of Hercules. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case M.

Vermeule: Agate-Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Broken on top and right side. Bust of Omphale facing to left., and wearing the lion's skin of Herakles. Graeco-Roman.

Length 1.9 cm
Width 1.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 219 - Sommerville Number

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