Gem
Tablet
29-128-776
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-776 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Italian |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location | Italy |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1400-1599 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Solenhofen Stone |
| Iconography | Inscription |
| Description | Sommerville: Solenhofen stone. A Tablet, with an interesting Latin inscription. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case UU. Vermeule: Solenhopen stone. Cameo. (Unmounted) A tablet with Latin inscription on obverse in Roman capitals and a maxim written in script on reverse. Italian, probably 15th or 16th century. |
| Height | 4.8 cm |
| Width | 3.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 776 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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