| Object Number | 29-128-611 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location | Italy |
| Period | Renaissance | Imperial Roman Period |
| Date Made | 50 BCE-400 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Chalcedony | Onyx |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Atlas | Earth | City | Mountain |
| Description | Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx. Atlas bearing the Earth on his shoulders. Maculated Pebbles, Etc, Case KK. Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Atlas supporting the Heavens on shoulders. A city appears at left., a mountain at right. The composition recalls the well-known Hellenistic marble statue of Atlas in the Picture Gallery of the Naples Museum. Graeco-Roman. |
| Height | 1.1 cm |
| Width | 1.4 cm |
| Depth | 0.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 611 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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