Gem

29-128-133

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-133
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Imperial Roman Period
Date Made 100-199 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Nike | Biga
Description

Sommerville: Onyx - cupid guidnig a biga. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case I.

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Nike driving a biga of horses to right. Graeco-Roman? The composition quite like that on imperial bronze medallions of the II century A.D.

Length 2.5 cm
Width 2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 133 - Sommerville Gem Number

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