Gem

Cameo

29-128-1349

Location: On Display in the Classical World Gallery

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 29-128-1349
Current Location Classical World Gallery - On Display
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Alabaster
Technique Cameo
Iconography Titus | Temple of Solomon
Description

Sommerville: Oriental alabaster. The exit from Jerusalem with the booty, of the victorious army of Titus Vespasianus. Nineteen figures are visible on this cameo. Cameos, Case MMMM.

Vermeule: Reliefs from Passageways of Arch of Titus. Seven-branched candlestick and other spoils of Solomon's Temple carried in procession.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1350 - Sommerville Gem Number

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