| Object Number | 29-128-123 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Imperial Roman Period |
| Date Made | early 1 st c. CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Onyx |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Hadrian | Male Head | Septimus Severus? |
| Description | Sommerville: Onyx. Hadria, 14th emperor of Rome. Fragment of a grand antique cameo. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case H. Vermeule: Sardonyx broken on all but the upper left side which is finished and curved. The head of the personage represented in divineguise has been repaired with heavy gold leaf. He appears to have beem enthroned to right; wears aegis about neck and holds long sceptre in right hand. Wore a laurel wreath about head and the ends of the fillet remain. He was bearded from what remains of the face. We appear to have the emperor Septimus Severus (193-211 AD) in divine guise. |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 123 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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