Gem
Sealing (uncertain)
29-128-2082
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2082 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Hellenistic (uncertain) | Roman (uncertain) |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Graeco-Roman Period |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Glass Paste (uncertain) |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Animal | Lion? | Mask |
| Description | Vermeule: Blue glass, probably the sealing for a large amphora. (Unmounted) Mask of an animal, probably a lion and of near-Eastern aspect and facing. Hellenistic or Graeco-Roman. |
| Height | 3.6 cm |
| Width | 3.1 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2082 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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