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29-128-1230

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1230
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Date Made 50 BCE-400 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Paste
Technique Cameo
Iconography Medusa
Description

Sommerville: Antique paste cameo, rich topaz tint. Medusa. Antique Pastes, Case XXX.

Vermeule: Paste, with rich Topaz tint. Cameo (Unmounted) Head of Medusa facing. Graeco-Roman.

Length 2.8 cm
Width 2.8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1230 - Sommerville Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number

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