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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