Gem

29-128-75

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 29-128-75
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Section Mediterranean
Materials Agate
Technique Cameo
Iconography Young Man | Drusus
Description

Sommerville: Agate. Drusus, brother of Tiberius. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case E.

Vermeule: Agate. Cameo. (Unmounted) Bust of a young man facing to left. Sommerville identifies him as "Drusus, brother of Tiberius" The features do resemble a Julio-Claudian prince such as the younger Drusus. Graeco-Roman. Perhaps made in late antiquity.

Length 1.3 cm
Width 0.9 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 75 - Sommerville Gem Number

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