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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