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29-128-1259

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Object Number 29-128-1259
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Section Mediterranean
Materials Paste
Technique Cameo
Iconography Iole | Omphale
Description

Sommerville: Antique paste cameo. Iole. Antique Pastes, Case YYY.

Vermeule: Glass paste, imitating Sardonyx. White on blue. (Unmounted) Omphale walking to right, carrying the attributes of Herakles. The surface is indistinct. The composition based on that used in the Hellenistic period for the drunken Herakles. Graeco-Roman.

Length 1.4 cm
Width 0.8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1259 - Sommerville Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number

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