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29-128-248

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-248
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Carnelian
Technique Cameo
Iconography Geta Septimius
Description

Sommerville: Carnelian. Geta, brother of Caracalla, twenty-fourth emperor of Rome. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case O.

Vermeule: Carnelian. Cameo. (Unmounted). Draped bust of a young Roman facing slightly to left., carved in high relief. Sommerville identifies him as Geta (A.D. 209-212). Neo-Classic.

Length 1.8 cm
Width 1.4 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 248 - Sommerville Number

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