Gem
Brooch
29-128-743
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-743 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Imperial Roman Period |
| Date Made | 100-199 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Agate | Bronze |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Medusa |
| Description | Sommerville: Agate. Medusa, set in a bronze brooch of the second century A.D. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case SS. Vermeule: Agate. Cameo. (In bronze brooch, probably of II century A.D.) Pendant? Head of Medusa, facing. Roman Imperial. |
| Height | 1.4 cm |
| Width | 1.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 743 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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