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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