Gem
29-128-1162
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1162 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Glass Paste |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Satyr | Hermes? |
| Description | Sommerville: Antique paste intaglio, color striated sard. A satyr. Antique Pastes, Case UUU. Vermeule: Glass paste, imitating striated Sard. Intaglio. (Unmounted) An indistinguishable figure, perhaps Hermes, standing to right. His cloak over his right arm and his purse in his left hand. Graeco-Roman, inferior worksmanship. |
| Length | 1.6 cm |
| Width | 1.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1162 - Sommerville Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number |
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