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29-128-1175

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1175
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Section Mediterranean
Materials Paste
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Abundance
Description

Sommerville: Antique paste intaglio, color dark sard. Abundance. Antique Pastes, Case UUU.

Vermeule: Glass paste, imitating Sard. Intaglio. (Unmounted) Due to iridescence and deterioration, the subject is difficult to see. It appears to be a divinity (probably in a cuirass and therefore perhaps Jupiter Dolichanus) on the top of a bull, a ram and a third beast, the forepart of which protrudes from the lower of the composition. Graeco-Roman.

Length 1.3 cm
Width 1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1175 - Sommerville Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number

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