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29-128-259

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-259
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Man | Numa Pompilius
Description

Sommerville: Oriental Onyx. Numa Pompilius. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case O.

Vermeule: Oriental Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Veiled head of a bearded man to right. Sommerville calls him Numa Pompilius. Neo-Classic - Copying the head on a Roman Republican denarius.

Length 1.5 cm
Width 1.1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 259 - Sommerville Number

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