Gem

29-128-808

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

View All (4) Object Images

Object Number 29-128-808
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1800-1880
Section Mediterranean
Materials Calcite
Technique Cameo
Iconography Priestess
Description

Sommerville: Red Calcite. An Egyptian princess. Tenerae, Case XX.

Vermeule: Red calcite. Cameo. (Unmounted) Head of a woman in a peculiar headdress facing slightly to left. Sommerville terms her an Egyptian princess. 19th century.

Height 2.2 cm
Width 1.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 808 - Sommerville Gem Number

Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.