| Object Number | 29-128-309 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sardonyx |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Aesclepius | Serpent Staff |
| Description | Sommerville: Sardonyx. Aesculapius, "the blameless physician," son of Apollo and Coronis; also, the god of the medical art. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case S. Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Aesculapius standing to right, holding serpent staff at his right side. Cameo copies a IVth later statuary type which was much copied by the Romans. Broken into 2 pieces. |
| Height | 3.6 cm |
| Width | 2.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 309 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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