Gem
Scarab
Amulet
29-128-1280
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1280 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Date Made | 50 BCE-400 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Paste |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Bull |
| Description | Sommerville: Antique paste intaglio. A bull. This scarabeus is pierced and has been worn as an amulet. Antique Pastes, Case ZZZ. Vermeule: Paste. (Unmounted) In form of a scaraboid pierced to be worn as an amulet. The scene shows a bull moving to left. Graeco-Roman |
| Length | 2 cm |
| Width | 1.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1280 - Sommerville Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number |
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