id: 155850 accession number: 1991.154 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.154 updated: 2022-01-13 10:04:36.978000 Cameo with Portrait of the Emperor Augustus (reigned 30 BC - AD 14), AD 14-37. Italy, Rome, Reign of Tiberius. Travertine; overall: 4.6 x 6.4 cm (1 13/16 x 2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1991.154 title: Cameo with Portrait of the Emperor Augustus (reigned 30 BC - AD 14) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: AD 14-37 creation date earliest: 14 creation date latest: 37 current location: 103 Roman creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: Italy, Rome, Reign of Tiberius technique: travertine department: Greek and Roman Art collection: GR - Roman type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 4.6 x 6.4 cm (1 13/16 x 2 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: Augustus, the emperor depicted on this cameo, had the month of August named after him. digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Turner, Evan H. "Selected 1991 Acquisitions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 79, no. 2 (1992): 63-83. page number: Reproduced: p. 66; Mentioned: p. 76 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161350 DeSilva, David A. An Introduction to the New Testament: Contexts, Methods & Ministry Formation. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2004. page number: Cover image and p. 57, fig. 2.4. url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1991.154/1991.154_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1991.154/1991.154_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1991.154/1991.154_full.tif