Object Number | 29-128-320 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Sardonyx |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Ares | Athena | Helmet | Hadrian? | Sabina? |
Description | Sommerville: Sardonyx. Mars and Minerva. Fragment. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case S. Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Jugate busts of Ares and Athena to right, wearing helmets, laurel wreaths, cuirasses and cloaks. The features also suggest an emperor and empress such as Hadrian and Sabina (A.D. 117-135). The stone is perhaps ancient but it also has a somewhat renaissance flavor. Appears to have been cut down and shows breaks on right side. |
Height | 1.4 cm |
Width | 2.2 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 320 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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