| Object Number | 29-128-7 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Christian | Merovignian |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Middle Ages |
| Date Made | 300-800 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Marble (Stone) | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Isaac | Abraham |
| Description | Sommerville: Yellow Marble. The Sacrifice of Isaac by Abraham. 4th century AD; gold mounting is Merovingian 6th-7th century BC. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case A. Vermeule: Yellow marble Cameo (Gold Pendant - Broken) The sacrifice of Isaac by Abraham: deeply cut. Early Christian probably 4th century A.D. Sommerville terms the golden mount Merovingian. See Sommerville catalogue. Setting said to be Merovingian of the VI or VII century stone. Sommerville gives a full history of the stone and comments by various savants when he exhibited it in Paris and Rome in 1881. |
| Length | 3 cm |
| Width | 2.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 7 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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