Gem
Amulet
29-128-1121
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1121 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Imperial Roman Period |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Paste |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Two Heads |
| Description | Sommerville: Antique paste cameo, color sard. An amulet with two heads. Has been worn on a necklace. Antique Pastes, Case SSS. Vermeule: Paste Sard. In Amulet form with loop for suspension. Two busts (left female, right male), perhaps of Roman 2nd or 3rd century, imperial personage, facing each other. Roman Imperial. |
| Height | 1.9 cm |
| Width | 1.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1121 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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