| Object Number | 29-128-425 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1600-1699 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sardonyx |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Athena | Lion Skin |
| Description | Sommerville: Oriental Sardonyx. Pallas (Minerva). Greek and Roman Cameos, Case Y. Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Bust of Athena to left, wearing elaborate helmet forming the mask of an elderly bearded man. She also wears an elaborate breast plate with a lion's skin on her left shoulder. Her snake curls upward to form the crest of her helmet. 17th Century. |
| Height | 2.3 cm |
| Width | 3.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 425 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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