Gem

29-128-108

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-108
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1800-1879
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Woman | Julia
Description

Sommerville: Pale sardonyx - Julia, daughter of Augustus and wfire of Marcus Agrippa. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case F.

Vermeule: pale sardonyx. Cameo (unmounted) Filleted draped bust of a woman in patently Victorian type facing to right. Sommerville terms her "Julia" daughter of Augustus and wife of Marcus Agrippa." Sappho type? 19th century

Length 2.5 cm
Width 1.9 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 108 - Sommerville Gem Number

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