Gem
29-128-563
Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-563 |
| Current Location | Rome Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Late Antique Period | Imperial |
| Date Made | 300-399 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Green Jasper |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Alexander the Great | Nero | Inscription |
| Description | Sommerville: Green Jasper. Intaglio. Abraxas. Abraxas, Gnostic Gems, Etc, Case HH. Vermeule: Green Jasper. Intaglio. (Unmounted). Facing bust of the sun: above a hybrid marine creature (fish? crcocodile?) and flanked by laureate draped busts of an imperial nature. One could represent Alexander the great; the one on the right seems to show features of Nero as known from his coins. Both these romantic figures were popular in IVth century AD art, particularly on contoriates or political jetons. Inscription: Omega Delta over Xi Delta Upsilon. 1956 exhibition #306. |
| Height | 5.5 cm |
| Width | 10 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 563 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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