cameo
- Museum number
- 1923,0401.1069
- Description
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Cameo of glass paste imitating sardonyx, engraved with a portrait-head in profile, probably a member of the Julian family. Identified by Pannuti (1983) as Tiberius.
- Production date
- 1stC
- Dimensions
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Height: 1.70 centimetres
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Length: 1.10 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Asset closely parallels cameo from Pompeii, identified by Pannuti as Tiberius (Pannuti 1983, no. 155). Both are perhaps from the same mould series.
Pannuti, U. 1983. Catalogo della collezione Glittica del Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli vol. 1.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition notes
- Collection of gems previously unregistered.
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1923,0401.1069