Gem

29-128-600

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-600
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture European
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Western Europe
Period Medieval
Date Made 700-1099
Section Mediterranean
Materials Jasper
Technique Cameo
Iconography Man | Scipio Africanus
Description

Sommerville: Mottled Jasper. Scipio Africanus. Maculated Pebbles, Etc, Case JJ.

Vermeule: Mottled Jasper. "Scipio Africanus" (Unmounted). Cameo. Head of a man of Roman Republican type to right.

Height 3 cm
Width 2.6 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 600 - Sommerville Gem Number

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