Object Number | 29-128-848 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Graeco-Roman |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Date Made | 50 BCE-400 CE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Onyx (uncertain) | Agate (uncertain) |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Aeneas | Anchises | Ascanius | Troy |
Description | Sommerville: Onyx. Aeneas escaping from burning Troy carrying his father Anchises on his shoulders, followed by the youth Ascanius, his son. Intaglios and Their Imprints, Case AAA. Vermeule: Onyx (banded). Intaglio. (Unmounted) and impression. Aeneas escaping from burning Troy carrying father Anchises on his shoulder, followed by the youth Ascanius, his son. Graeco-Roman. |
Height | 1.4 cm |
Width | 1 cm |
Depth | 0.2 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 848 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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