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29-128-40

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-40
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Late Roman Period
Date Made 200-299 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Agate | Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Socrates
Description

Sommerville: Agate-Onyx. Socrates; 3 strata, cut in the 3rd century. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case C.

Vermeule: Agate-Onyx. Cameo. (unmounted) Bust of Socrates facing to right. Graeco-Roman, probably made in late antiquity.

Length 1 cm
Width 0.8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 40 - Sommerville Gem Number

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