Gem
Pendant
29-128-583
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-583 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Greek |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Byzantine | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1800-1880 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sardonyx |
| Technique | Cameo | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Christ | Inscription |
| Description | Sommerville: Sardonyx. Byzantine Head of Christ, both cameo and intaglio, with inscriptions on obverse and reverse. Byzantine, Case II.
Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo and Intaglio. (Modern gold pendant setting). Haloed bust of Christ facing. Byzantine Greek inscription left and right. Rev: Cross-crosslet flanked by inscription. Byzantine. |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 583 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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