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29-128-1160
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1160 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Date Made | 100-199 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Paste |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Sun Genius | Eros | Altar |
| Description | Sommerville: Antique past eintaglio, color sard. The geniusof the sun. Antique Pastes, Case UUU. Vermeule: Glass paste, imitating Sard. Intaglio. (Unmounted) Eros standing to left, sacrificing at an altar at the left. Graeco-Roman, the subject is identical with that on Roman sarcophagi of the IInd A.D. |
| Length | 0.9 cm |
| Width | 0.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1160 - Sommerville Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number |
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