| Object Number | 29-128-705 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sardonyx |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Meleager |
| Description | Sommerville: Sard. Meleager, son of Neoptolemus. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case QQ. Vermeule: Sard. Mottled. Cameo. (Unmounted) Bust of a youth to right. Identified by Sommerville as "Meleager son of Neopotolenus. The features are moddled in a general way after the well -known statue of Meleage in the Vatican, a Roman copy of a IV century work usually attributed to Scopus. Neo-classic. |
| Height | 1.8 cm |
| Width | 2.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 705 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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