Gem

29-128-82

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-82
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Julia
Description

Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx. Julia, daughter of Titus. Julia, daughter of Titus by an Oriental woman, Berenice, with whom Titus lived when making war in Judea. This Berenice is the woman mentioned several times in Acts XXV and XXVI. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case E.

Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Bust of Julia right, daughter of Emperor Titus (69-81 A.D.)

Length 1.7 cm
Width 1.4 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 82 - Sommerville Gem Number

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