Cameo

Gem

29-128-1128

Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1128
Current Location Rome Gallery - On Display
Culture Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Imperial Roman Period
Date Made Late 1st century BCE - early 1st century CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Glass Paste
Technique Cameo
Iconography Female Head | Livia | Empress
Description

Livia, wife of emperor Augustus.

Height 5 cm
Length 5.3 cm
Width 4 cm
Depth 0.4 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1128 - Sommerville Gem Number | GL? (ancient glass project) - Other Number

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