| Object Number | 29-128-739 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Augustan Period |
| Date Made | 0-99 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Chalcedony | Onyx |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Medusa |
| Description | Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx. Medusa, in profile. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case RR. Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted, chipped on all edges) Head of Medusa facing to right. Her features are of the youthful ideal type with only two snakes in her hair and one wing showing in profile. Graeco-Roman, probably of the Ist. A.D., in the Augustan classizing style. |
| Height | 1.5 cm |
| Width | 1.2 cm |
| Depth | 0.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 739 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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