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Record No. 27448
Manual Descriptive of a Collection of Talismans Engraved on Stones and and metals of Various countries and Epocks, Illustrative of What Man Has Worn for his Protection from Accident and Disease; also, Ancient Gems, Babylonian Cylinders, Persian Seals, Etc.: being part of the important glyptic collection of Maxwell Sommerville
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Sommerville, M. (1889) Manual Descriptive of a Collection of Talismans Engraved on Stones and and metals of Various countries and Epocks, Illustrative of What Man Has Worn for his Protection from Accident and Disease; also, Ancient Gems, Babylonian Cylinders, Persian Seals, Etc.: being part of the important glyptic collection of Maxwell Sommerville. Philadelphia, Dept. of Archaeology and Paleontology, University of Pennsylvania, 41 pp.
Sinkankas/Born No.: 6214; NIB | NIS/NIB
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gems, glyptic, engraved gems, agate, cameo, intaglio, jade, chrysoprase, plasma of emerald
Sinkankas: The objects exhibited are numbered 1497 to 1893, and include numerous cut gemstones with others that are made from base or precious metals, and a series of engraved “gems” cut upon ostrich shell, also seals, abraxoid gems, a suite of classical engraved gems. Some are briefly described but no dimensions are given.