| Object Number | 29-128-1198 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Date Made | 50 BCE-400 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Paste |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Cupid | Eros |
| Description | Sommerville: Antique paste cameo. Cupid seeking water to quench a flame. Antique Pastes, Case VVV. Vermeule: Paste, white on sapphire. Cameo. (Unmounted) (patinated) Eros walking right, carrying club, lion's skin and skyphos, the attributes of Herakles. This composition was a popular one and occurs in other media. |
| Height | 2 cm |
| Width | 1.7 cm |
| Depth | 0.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1198 - Sommerville Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number |
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