Gem
29-128-1144
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1144 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Paste |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Heracles |
| Description | Sommerville: Antique Paste Intaglio, color rich topaz. Hercules. Beautiful gem. Antique Pastes, Case TTT. Vermeule: Glass paste, imitating Topaz. Intaglio. (Unmounted) Herakles seated to right, his left arm supporting his head, his club across his lap, his cloak appears beneath him on a pile of rocks. The design probably derives ultimately from the statue made by hycippus for the city of Tarentum. Graeco-Roman. |
| Length | 1.3 cm |
| Width | 1.1 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1144 - Sommerville Gem Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number |
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