Gem

29-128-55

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-55
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Date Made 50 BCE-400 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Three Graces
Description

Sommerville: Sardonyx. The Three Graces. Fragment of an antique cameo of the 2nd century AD. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case D.

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo (Fragment, unmounted) The right two of the Three Graces or Charities, in a wreath with a female mask above.

Length 2.7 cm
Width 2.4 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 55 - Sommerville Gem Number | 186

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