| Object Number | 29-128-427 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Metal | Sardonyx |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Heracles | Minerva |
| Description | Sommerville: Pale Maculated Onyx. Hercules being Laureated before Minerva, to whom he is recounting his exploits. (From the San Donati collection, Price Demidoff's sale at Florence, March 1880). Greek and Roman Cameos, Case Y. Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. [plain crude frame, metal]. Herakles being crowned before Minerva to whom he is recounting his exploits. He is seated to left, his bow and quiver hang on a column between the figures. In good imitation of an ancient cameo. |
| Height | 7.4 cm |
| Width | 5.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 427 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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