Gem

29-128-522

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-522
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Medieval
Section Mediterranean
Materials Oriental Jasper
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Artaxerxes II | Inscription
Description

Sommerville: Oriental Jasper. Artaxerxes, the founder of the dynasty of the Sassanidae. Persian and Sassanian Intaglios and Talismans, Case EE.

Vermeule: Oriental Jasper. Cameo - Intaglio. (Unmounted). Bust of a regal personage to right. Inscription in latin letters (?). RV MONOGRAM (Chi-ro?) in balduchino-like design. Medieval.

Height 2.1 cm
Width 3 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 522 - Sommerville Gem Number

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