| Object Number | 29-128-557 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Phoenician | Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Archaic Greek Period | Imperial Roman Period |
| Date Made | 50 BCE-400 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Onyx |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Minerva | Athena |
| Description | Sommerville: Onyx. Intaglio. Minerva Protectrice. Archaic. Phoenician Amulets, Seals, Scarabei, Etc, Case GG. Vermeule: Onyx. Intaglio. (Unmounted). The Armed Athena, brandishing shield and spear, walking to right. This version of the subject appears on a number of coins of Domitian, who claimed Athena as his protectress. Graeco-Roman. |
| Height | 1.4 cm |
| Width | 1.1 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 557 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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