| Object Number | 29-128-272 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Onyx |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Priam | Achilles | Hector |
| Description | Sommerville: Pale Onyx. Priam asking achilles for the Body of Hector. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case Q. Vermeule: Cameo. Sardonyx. Priam imploring Achilles for the body of Hector after a well-known relief (by Thorvaldson Canova?) Exhibit Catalogue: Onyx Cameo. Priam imploring Achilles for body of Hector after a well-known relief by Thorvaldson Canova(?). Priam imploring Achilles for body of Hector after a well-known relief by Nathaniel Marchant around 1784 based on an Attic sarcophagus relief in the Capitoline Museum in Rome. |
| Height | 6 cm |
| Width | 5 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 272 - Sommerville Number |
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