| Object Number | 29-128-827 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1600-1750 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Shell |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Bearded Man |
| Description | Sommerville: A bearded head. Tenerae, Case ZZ. Vermeule: Shell, agate-type. Cameo. (Unmounted) Bust of a bearded man to left; seen from the back; the features are derived from some Hellenistic representation of an old man. 17th century or earlier 18th. |
| Height | 1.8 cm |
| Width | 2.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 827 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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