Gem

29-128-602

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-602
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture European
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Western Europe
Period Medieval
Date Made 700-1099
Section Mediterranean
Materials Turquoise
Technique Cameo
Iconography Juno
Description

Sommerville: Turquoise. Juno, Queen of Hearts. As such she was worshipped at her temple on the Aventine at Rome. Maculated Pebbles, Etc, Case JJ.

Vermeule: Turquoise. Cameo. (Unmounted). Diademed bust of a female (divinity?) facing. She wears a cloak about her shoulders pinned at front wtih a broach.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 602 - Sommerville Gem Number

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