Gem

29-128-92

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-92
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1700-1879
Section Mediterranean
Materials Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Heliogabalus | George III
Description

Sommerville: Onyx - Heliogabalus, 28th Emperor of Rome AD218-222. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case E.

Vermeule: Onyx. Cameo (unmounted) Laureate draped bust of a man with features not unlike those of George III in his later years. Sommerville calls him Heliogabalus (AD218-222). 18th or 19th century.

Length 2 cm
Width 1.7 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 92 - Sommerville Gem Number

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