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Cameo Glass

Place of OriginRoman Empire
Date1st century CE
DimensionsDiam: 1 in. (2.5 cm)
MediumGlass; mold-impressed.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1636
Not on View
DescriptionOpaque white and amber brown glass, partly coated with opaque white glass. Head of a man without a beard, seen in profile turned to the right, impressed into the glass.
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1st century BCE - 4th century CE
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1st century BCE - 3rd century CE
Cameo Glass
1st century CE
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New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, about 1350 BCE.
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1st century BCE - 4th century CE
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8th-9th century
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about 9th century

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