Gem
29-128-75
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-75 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Agate |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Young Man | Drusus |
| Description | Sommerville: Agate. Drusus, brother of Tiberius. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case E. Vermeule: Agate. Cameo. (Unmounted) Bust of a young man facing to left. Sommerville identifies him as "Drusus, brother of Tiberius" The features do resemble a Julio-Claudian prince such as the younger Drusus. Graeco-Roman. Perhaps made in late antiquity. |
| Length | 1.3 cm |
| Width | 0.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 75 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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