Object Number | 29-128-993 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Medieval |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Onyx | Gold |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Julia |
Description | Sommerville: Onyx. A Grotesque head. Gold and Silver Rings - Cameos, Case KKK. Vermeule: Onyx. Cameo. (Modern gold ring setting) Draped bust of a female to left. The composition is copied from a Roman denarius or aureus of Julia, daughter of Titus or one of the ladies of Domitian's house. Medieval "nice piece." |
Height | 1.2 cm |
Width | 1.7 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 993 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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