Gem
Pendant
29-128-289
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-289 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Chalcedony | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Septimus Severus |
| Description | Sommerville: Chalcedony. Heliogabalus, twenty-eighth Emperor of Rome. Rare and beautiful cameo, giving the entire figure. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case R. Vermeule: Chalcedony. Gold Cameo. Statue of a roman emperor in military costume holding parazoniums and orb. Termed by Sommerville, Heliogabalus, 28th emperor of Rome but more likely emperor Septimus Severus |
| Height | 6.1 cm |
| Width | 4.1 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 289 - Sommerville Number |
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