Gem
Brooch
29-128-2171
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2171 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Imperial Roman Period |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sardonyx | Pearl | Garnet | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Medusa |
| Description | Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern gilt stick-pin setting) with pearls and small garnets? Bust of Medusa facing slightly right. Work of Roman Imperial Period. |
| Height | 2.5 cm |
| Width | 2.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2171 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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