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29-128-867

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-867
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Imperial Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Jasper
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Helios
Description

Sommerville: Chalcedony. The Oriental Sun. Intaglios and Their Imprints, Case BBB.

Vermeule: Chalcedony. Intaglio. (Unmounted) Helios (Sol) standing to left, right arm raised. He wears a radiate crown and his chlamys over his left arm. Roman Imperial.

Height 1 cm
Width 1.3 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 867 - Sommerville Gem Number

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