Gem

29-128-83

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-83
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Renaissance | Imperial Roman Period
Date Made 50 BCE-400 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony
Technique Cameo
Iconography Medusa
Description

Sommerville: Chlacedony - Medusa (Cinque-cento). Greek and Roman Cameos, Case E.

Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo (unmounted) Head of Medusa facing slightly to right. Graeco-Roman.

Length 1.6 cm
Width 1.4 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 83 - Sommerville Gem Number

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