Gem

29-128-849

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-849
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Date Made 50 BCE-400 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Amor | Eros | Cock
Description

Sommerville: Tinted crystal. Extremely fine intaglio. Amor and a Cock. Intaglios and Their Imprints, Case AAA.

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Intaglio. (Unmounted) Eros or Harpocrates with his hand near his mouth standing to right on top of a cock. Graeco-Roman.

Height 1.2 cm
Width 1.6 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 849 - Sommerville Gem Number

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