Gem

29-128-23

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-23
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Section Mediterranean
Materials Agate | Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Jove
Description

Sommerville: Agate-Onyx - Head of Jove. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case B.

Vermeule: Agate. Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Wreathed bust of an elder bearded divinity facing. Sommerville idenitifes him, probably correctly, as Zeus. Graeco-Roman?

Length 2 cm
Width 1.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 23 - Sommerville Gem Number

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