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29-128-409

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-409
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Graeco-Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Geta Septimius
Description

Sommerville: Onyx. Geta. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case X.

Vermeule: Onyx. Cameo? (Unmounted). Draped bust of a young man facing to left. He is probably a Roman private citizen of the period ca Ho B.C. for his features are similar to those on consular Denari of this period. Graeco-Roman.

Height 1.3 cm
Width 1.7 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 409 - Sommerville Gem Number

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