Gem

Sealing (uncertain)

29-128-2082

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2082
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Hellenistic (uncertain) | Roman (uncertain)
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Graeco-Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Glass Paste (uncertain)
Technique Cameo
Iconography Animal | Lion? | Mask
Description

Vermeule: Blue glass, probably the sealing for a large amphora. (Unmounted) Mask of an animal, probably a lion and of near-Eastern aspect and facing. Hellenistic or Graeco-Roman.

Height 3.6 cm
Width 3.1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2082 - Sommerville Gem Number

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