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29-128-1173
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1173 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Date Made | late 1st century BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Glass Paste |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Warrior | Heracles | Minerva | Apollo | Kithara |
| Description | Sommerville: Antique paste intaglio. A young victorious warrior, hanging his bow on the column of victory; Hercules and Minerva assist at this ceremony. Antique Pastes, Case UUU. Vermeule: Sardonyx. Paste: ring stone. Intaglio. Graeco-Roman. Number does not correspond with Sommerville. Apollo in long dress walking right, singing to accompaniment of his cithera. |
| Length | 2 cm |
| Width | 1.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1173 - Sommerville Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number |
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