Gem

29-128-80

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-80
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1700-1799
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Geta Septimius
Description

Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx. Geta. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case E.

Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo (unmounted) Bust of a Roman youth facing to left. Sommerville identifies him as Geta (A.D. 209-212). 18th Century.

Length 1.8 cm
Width 1.3 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 80 - Sommerville Gem Number

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