Gem

29-128-1292

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1292
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1300-1399
Section Mediterranean
Materials Amber
Technique Cameo
Iconography Jael | Sisera
Description

Sommerville: Amber Cameo. Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite striking the nail into Sisera's head after the battle of the plain of Zaanaim (Judges IV. 21). Curious work of the 14th century (From the Possenti Collection of Fabriano). Ambers, Case BBBB.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1292 - Sommerville Gem Number

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