Gem
29-128-864
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-864 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Graeco-Roman Period |
| Date Made | 50 BCE-400 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Onyx |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Queen Artemisia | Cup | Female | Cup | Hebe? |
| Description | Sommerville: Onyx. Intaglio. Artemisia, wife of Mausolus, King of Caria, Asia Minor, with the ashes of her husband in a vase of gold. This stone has been injured by fire. Intaglios and Their Imprints, Case BBB. Vermeule: Banded Agate. Intaglio. (Unmounted) "Injured by fire." Female wearing a cloak walking left., and holding up a cup. Termed by Sommerville as "Artemisia, wife of Mausolus, King of Caria, Asia Minor with the ashes of her husband in a vase of gold." The scene perhaps represents Hebe, cup bearer to the gods. Graeco-Roman. |
| Height | 1.7 cm |
| Width | 1 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 864 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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