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29-128-807

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-807
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1700-1799
Section Mediterranean
Materials Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Heliogabalus
Description

Sommerville: Onyx. Heliogabalus, twenty-eighth Emperor of Rome. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case WW.

Vermeule: Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted) Laureate draped bust of a Roman youth to right. "Elagabalus." 18th century.

Height 2 cm
Width 2.8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 807 - Sommerville Gem Number

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