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29-128-1236

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1236
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Italic | Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Republican Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Paste
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Orestes | Electra | Warriors | Altar?
Description

Glass paste, imitating banded agate. Intaglio (unmounted) with two nude figures perhaps intended for heros of the Trojan war, seated facing each other, an altar or a table in between. Italic, in a local style.

Length 1.6 cm
Width 1.3 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1236 - Sommerville Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number

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