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29-128-745

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-745
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period 18th Century
Date Made 1700-1799
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Orbiana
Description

Sommerville: Sardonyx. Orbiana wife of Alexander Severus. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case SS.

Vermeule: Cameo. Sardonyx. [unmounted] Veiled bust of Roman woman facing to left "Orbiana" (Wife of Alexander Severus). 18th century

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 745 - Sommerville Gem Number

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