| Object Number | 29-128-1145 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Paste |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Horus Harpocrates |
| Description | Sommerville: Antique paste cameo. Horus Harpocrates, said to have been born with his finger on his mouth, signfiicant of silence, secrecy, and mystery. Antique Pastes, Case TTT. Vermeule: Glass paste imitating Sardonyx. Cameo. (Unmounted) Bust of Horus or Harpocrates facing to right, his right hand raised to his mouth in the so-called Graeco-Roman gesture of silence. |
| Length | 1.7 cm |
| Width | 1.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1145 - Sommerville Gem Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number |
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