| Object Number | 29-128-149 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Renaissance |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Egyptian Jasper |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Cybele |
| Description | Sommerville: Egyptian Jasper. A Castellated head representing on the obverse the head of Cybele. obverse: names of cities in the Ionian Confederacy as follows: [Phocaea, Klaros, Eretria, Chalcis, Teos, Mycale, Lebedos, Colophon, Ephesus, Priene, Myonnesus, Miletus]. See Sommerville publication for transcription and discussion. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case J. Vermeule: Egyptian Jasper. Unmounted. Head of Cybele facing right; turreted crown on her head. Lengthy Greek inscription on obverse and reverse. |
| Length | 63 cm |
| Width | 57 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 149 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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