| Object Number | 29-128-389 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Graeco-Roman Period |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sardonyx |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Bacchante | Maenad |
| Description | Sommerville: Onyx. A Bacchante. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case W. Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Draped bust of a Maenad to left. She is wearing vine leaves in her hair. The type is an ideal one which was much copied in the Renaissance and later periods. Graeco-Roman. |
| Height | 1.2 cm |
| Width | 1.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 389 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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