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29-128-225

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-225
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1600-1799
Section Mediterranean
Materials Agate
Technique Cameo
Iconography Athena | Minerva
Description

Sommerville: Agate. Minerva. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case M.

Vermeule: Agate. Cameo. (Unmounted). Bust of Athena to right, wearing a wreathed crested helmet; drapery appears pinned with a broach on her right shoulder, a sword belt across her left. 17th or early 18th century.

Length 2.2 cm
Width 1.4 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 225 - Sommerville Number

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