Cameo fragment with head of Medusa
2nd century A.D.
Medium/TechniqueBanded agate
DimensionsLength x width: 19.3 x 15 mm (3/4 x 9/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Burton Y. Berry in memory of Michel Chiha of Beirut
Accession number69.1205
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Collections
ProvenanceSaid to be from Syrian Antioch on MFA archival card; by date unknown: Burton Y. Berry Collection; gift to MFA from Burton Y. Berry in Memory of Michel Chiha of Beirut, October 15, 1969
6th century B.C.
450–400 B.C.
1st century B.C.
about 450–400 B.C.
500–475 B.C.
early 5th century B.C.
1st century B.C. (?) or 18th century
19th century A.D.
883–612 B.C.