Gem
29-128-1353
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1353 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Late Neoclassical |
| Date Made | ca. 1840 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Onyx | Jasper |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Memnon? |
| Description | Sommerville: Jasper-Onyx. A Carthaginian Cameo, probably a representation of the Memnonii. Miscellaneous Cameos, Case NNNN. Vermeule: Jasper-Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted) Pseudo-Egyptian scene of the later Neo-Classic (perhaps about 1840). Stone is described by Sommerville as "A Carthaginian cameo, probably a representation of the Memnonii." |
| Height | 3.4 cm |
| Width | 3 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1353 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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