| Object Number | 29-128-322 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Imperial Roman Period |
| Date Made | 300-399 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Onyx |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Athena | Pallas | Roma |
| Description | Sommerville: Onyx. Pallas. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case S. Vermeule: Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Draped bust of a divinity facing to right. She wears a crested helmet. Sommerville identifies her as Athena, but Dea Roma appears to be intended. Graeco-Roman, probably of the first half of the IV century A.D. when similar representations of Dea Roma appears on imperial medallions and coins. |
| Height | 2 cm |
| Width | 0.8 cm |
| Depth | 0.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 322 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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