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29-128-1170

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1170
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Section Mediterranean
Materials Paste
Technique Cameo
Iconography Bacchante | Ariadne | Ariadne
Description

Sommerville: Antique paste cameo. A Bacchanalian. Fine delicate gray-green color. Antique Pastes, Case UUU.

Vermeule: Cameo. (Unmounted) Identical in all respects to 1185 and undoubtedly from the same mold. Sommerville calls this a Bacchante. Vermeule "Ariadne" Graeco-Roman.

Height 1.6 cm
Width 1.4 cm
Depth 1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1170 - Other Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number

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