Gem

29-128-668

From: Italy | Campania

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-668
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Italy | Campania
Section Mediterranean
Materials Tufa
Iconography Cupid
Description

Sommerville: Calc Tufa. Cupid. Antique fragment dug up in the Campagna (From Depoletti's Collection, Rome). Greek and Roman Cameos, Case OO.

Vermeule: Burnt Sard? Cameo. (Unmounted). Broken on top and both sides - shape of small plaque. Draped bust of Eros to left. The features are in excellent late Hellenistic style. sommerville states "... dug up in Campania. From Depoletti's collection, Rome."

Height 2 cm
Width 2.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 668 - Sommerville Gem Number

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