Gem
29-128-1224
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1224 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Etruscan (uncertain) |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Paste |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Gladiator | Warrior |
| Description | Sommerville: Late Etruscan or Italo-Etruscan intaglio. Glass paste, imitating banded agate. (Unmounted) Warrior arming; he is bending towards the left. Imitation of the designs on Etruscan scarabs. Antique Pastes, Case XXX. Vermeule: Glass paste, imitating banded agate. (Unmounted). A warrior arming; he is heading toward the left. Late Etruscan or Italo-Etruscan, in imitation of the design on Etruscan scarabs. |
| Length | 1.1 cm |
| Width | 0.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1224 - Sommerville Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number |
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