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29-128-1238
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1238 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Date Made | 50 BCE-400 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Paste |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Athena | Minerva |
| Description | Sommerville: Antique paste intaglio, color rich sapphire. Minerva, seated leaning on her shield. patina and iridescence. Antique Pastes, Case YYY. Vermeule: Antique paste - in rich sapphire color. Intaglio (Unmounted) Athena seated left, leaning on a large shield. The design is a reflection of that found on Hellenistic coins from time of Lysimachus, the Thracian successor to Alexander. Graeco-Roman. |
| Length | 2 cm |
| Width | 1.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1238 - Sommerville Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number |
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