Gem
Pendant
29-128-64
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-64 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1600-1699 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Chalcedony | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Odenathus | Zenobia |
| Description | Sommerville: Chalcedony Odenathus and Zenobia Queen of Palmyra. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case D. Vermeule: Mediterranean. 1600-1699 Post Classical. Chalcedony; gold cameo. (modern gilt pendant setting] Half figured busts of a bearded philosopher type man and a lady facing right. He wears a fillet and a cloak with shoulder strap, the former draped loosely about his shoulders. She wears a fillet an a himation. Identified by Sommerville as Odenathes and Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra. Perhaps inspired by some Hellenistic portrait cameo. |
| Height | 5.5 cm |
| Width | 4.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 64 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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