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29-128-1261

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1261
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Section Mediterranean
Materials Paste
Technique Cameo
Iconography Infant | Cupid | Zeus | Goat | Amalthea
Description

Sommerville: Antique paste cameo, color ruby. Cupid on a goat. Antique Pastes, Case YYY.

Vermeule: Glass paste ringstone, imitating Hyacinth. Cameo. (Unmounted) Infant Zeus riding the goat Amalthea. A flaw in the surface leads Sommerville to interpret the figure as a winged Eros. Graeco-Roman.

Length 1.3 cm
Width 1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1261 - Sommerville Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number

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