| Object Number | 29-128-228 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Byzantine |
| Provenience | Western Europe |
| Manufacture Location | Western Europe |
| Period | Byzantine |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Green Jasper |
| Iconography | Roman Emperor | Justinian |
| Description | Sommerville: Oriental green jasper. Justinian, surnamed the Great, Emperor of Constantinople, AD 527 - 565, husband of the beautiful actress Theodora. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case N. Vermeule: Oriental Green Jasper. Cameo. (Pendant gold setting which once fitted in a box?). Laureate draped bust of bearded man to left., identified by Sommerville as Emperor Justinian (527-565 A.D.) and certainly appearing to represent a ruler of the Middle Ages. Perhaps also intended for an ancient ruler as seen in Middle Ages. |
| Length | 6.6 cm |
| Width | 4.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 228 - Sommerville Number |
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