Gem
Sealing (uncertain)
29-128-2082
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
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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