Gem

29-128-427

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

View All (4) Object Images

Object Number 29-128-427
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Section Mediterranean
Materials Metal | Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Heracles | Minerva
Description

Cameo in plain metal frame. Herakles being crowned before Minerva to whom he is recounting his exploits. He is seated to left, his bow and quiver hang on a column between the figures. An iimitation of an ancient cameo.

Height 7.4 cm
Width 5.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 427 - Sommerville Gem Number

Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.