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29-128-876

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-876
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Graeco-Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Carnelian
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Philosopher | Manuscript | Column | Orb
Description

Sommerville: Carnelian. A Philosopher studying a manuscript. Intaglios and Their Imprints, Case CCC.

Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (Unmounted) A philosopher seated to the right, reading from a rotulus manuscript below a column surmounted by an orb. His staff appears behind him. Graeco-Roman.

Height 0.9 cm
Width 0.8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 876 - Sommerville Gem Number

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