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29-128-86

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-86
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1700-1799
Section Mediterranean
Materials Agate | Onyx | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Socrates
Description

Sommerville: Agate-onyx. Socrates, the Athenian philosopher BC 469. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case E.

Vermeule: Agate-Onyx. Cameo (gold pin mounting) Bust of Socrates to right. Probably 18th Century.

Length 1.9 cm
Width 1.3 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 86 - Sommerville Gem Number

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