| Object Number | 29-128-1351 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Alabaster |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Parthians | Prisoners |
| Description | Sommerville: Oriental alabaster. A group of Jewish prisoners. Their arms are bound behind them. (From the Zanetti collection). Cameos, Case MMMM. Vermeule: Oriental alabaster. Cameo. Three Parthian prisoners walking to left or (two Parthians led by a Roman legionary). The scene is based on one of the Zoccolo reliefs of the Arch of Septimius Severus in the Forum Romanum. |
| Height | 3 cm |
| Width | 1.1 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1351 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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