| Object Number | 29-128-1252 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Date Made | 100-199 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Paste |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Sphinx |
| Description | Sommerville: Antique paste cameo. A Sphinx, representing the Emperor Augustus. Antique Pastes, Case YYY. Vermeule: Antique paste, imitating Sardonyx. Cameo. (Unmounted) The Grecian Sphinx standing to right, left forepaw slightly raised. Graeco-Roman, 1st or IInd A.D. |
| Height | 1.6 cm |
| Width | 1.2 cm |
| Depth | 1 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number | 1252 - Sommerville Number |
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