Gem
29-128-1169
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1169 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Italic | Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Republican Roman Period |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Paste |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Hephaestus | Vulcan | Forge | Armor |
| Description | Sommerville: Antique paste intaglio. Vulcan forging Armor. Striated and iridescent. Antique Pastes, Case UUU. Vermeule: Glass paste, imitating banded Agate. Intaglio. (Unmounted) Hephaestus forging the arms of Achilles. He is bending over to the right. Italic of the Roman Republic Period. |
| Length | 1.8 cm |
| Width | 1.1 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1169 - Sommerville Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number |
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