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29-128-1203

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Object Number 29-128-1203
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Section Mediterranean
Materials Paste
Technique Cameo
Iconography Apollo | Python
Description

Sommerville: Fragment of a paste cameo, injured by time and fire. Apollo. In front, below, the serpent Python. Other figures too worn to be recognizable. Antique Pastes, Case WWW.

Vermeule: Fragment: glass paste. Cameo. (Unmounted) Probably the bottom of a jar or top of some object. Broken irregularly on all sides and repaired with wax. Color: White and purple imitating Sardonyx. Apollo seated to left, a serpent python beside him. The Delphic tribes behind and a female attendant at left facing him. Graeco-Roman.

Length 3.9 cm
Width 3.6 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1203 - Sommerville Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number

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