Plaque
MS5656A
Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery
From: Mediterranean | Italy | Rome (Italy)
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS5656A |
| Current Location | Rome Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean | Italy | Rome (Italy) |
| Period | Roman Period |
| Date Made | 1st-2nd c. CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Glass |
| Technique | Moulded |
| Iconography | Medusa |
| Description | Mold-pressed glass relief plaque. The image of the snaky-headed Medusa is a popular Greek and Roman apotropaic device to ward off evil and provide protection. Relief rondels of this type may have served as architectural ornament, inlaid into walls. |
| Outside Diameter | 15 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Miss Lydia T. Morris, 1916 |
| Other Number | GL02 (Ancient Glass Project) - Other Number |
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