| Object Number | 29-128-710 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Onyx |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Philocrates |
| Description | Sommerville: Onyx. Pilocrate or Philocrates. He is said in time of danger only to have trusted in what surely could not harm him. This gem is one of a series worn by ancient Romans; on which, instead of carrying the effigy of a divinity for their guardian patron, some hero's name was chosen and graven on the amulet. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case QQ. |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 710 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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