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29-128-18

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-18
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Imperial Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Date Made 69-79 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Domitian
Description

Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx. Domitian, eleventh Emperor of Rome. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case B.

Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo, [unmounted] Laureate bust of Vespasian to right. A Graeco-Roman cameo perhaps contemporary with the subject (AD69-79)

Height 1.3 cm
Width 8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 18 - Sommerville Gem Number

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