| Object Number | 29-128-1181 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Imperial Roman Period |
| Date Made | 100-299 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Paste |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Prince Paris | Goddess | Heracles | Athena | Owl |
| Description | Sommerville: Antique paste cameo, color white on pale ruby. Paris. Antique Pastes, Case UUU. Vermeule: Glass paste, imitating Sardonyx. Cameo. (Unmounted) Colors: white on pale red. A mythological scene, Herakles flanked by two women, the one on the right appearing to be slightly stooped and elderly. The one on the left is probably a goddess since an attribute such as an owl (Athena) appears at her feet near the center of the composition. Graeco-Roman. Ist or IInd A.D., imitating a Hellenistic composition. |
| Length | 2.4 cm |
| Width | 2 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1181 - Sommerville Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number |
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