Gem

29-128-848

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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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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