Gem
Amulet
29-128-1132
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1132 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Glass Paste |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Two Heads | Roman Emperor | Roman Empress | Gallianus? | Salonina? |
| Description | Sommerville: Antique paste, color sard. An Amulet with two heads. Antique Pastes, Case SSS. Vermeule: Glass Paste, imitating Cameo. Pale Yellow Sard. Cameo. (Unmounted) Draped busts of an Empress facing to right, and a Emperor facing to left. They are probably Gallianus and Salonina, (A.D. 253-268). The design is based on that found on a group of Roman Imperial bronze medallions. Graeco-Roman. |
| Length | 1.8 cm |
| Width | 1.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1132 - Sommerville Gem Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number |
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