| Object Number | 29-128-1203 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Paste |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Apollo | Python |
| Description | Sommerville: Fragment of a paste cameo, injured by time and fire. Apollo. In front, below, the serpent Python. Other figures too worn to be recognizable. Antique Pastes, Case WWW. Vermeule: Fragment: glass paste. Cameo. (Unmounted) Probably the bottom of a jar or top of some object. Broken irregularly on all sides and repaired with wax. Color: White and purple imitating Sardonyx. Apollo seated to left, a serpent python beside him. The Delphic tribes behind and a female attendant at left facing him. Graeco-Roman. |
| Length | 3.9 cm |
| Width | 3.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1203 - Sommerville Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number |
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