| Object Number | 29-128-734 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location | Western Europe |
| Period | Gothic Period |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Jasper |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Atreus | Pleisthenes | Aeropa | Tantalus |
| Description | Sommerville: Maculated Jasper. Atreus, King of Mycenae. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case RR. Vermeule: Maculated Jasper. Renaissance Cameo. Atreus, King of Mycenae. He is killing Pleisthenes, son of Thyestes, in revenge for wrongs inflicted on him by Aerope, his wife, is endeavoring to save the other child, Tantalus? Gothic, with a Biblical subject? |
| Height | 4.2 cm |
| Width | 3.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 734 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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