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29-128-152

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-152
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Septimus Severus
Description

Sommerville: Sardonyx. Septimus Severus, 23rd Emperor of Rome AD 146-211. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case J.

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (unmounted) Veiled bust right, termed that of Septimius Severus 23rd, Emperor of Rome. (A.D. 193-211).

Length 1.9 cm
Width 1.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 152 - Sommerville Gem Number

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