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29-128-2124

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2124
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Graeco-Roman Period
Date Made 50 BCE-400 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Amethyst | Gold
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Aphrodite | Eros | Torch
Description

Vermeule: Amethyst. Intaglio. (Modern gold setting) Aphrodite standing left, shaking hands with Eros who approaches holding a torch over his left shoulder. Graeco-Roman.

Height 1.2 cm
Width 0.8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2124 - Sommerville Gem Number

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