Gem
Ring
29-128-1887
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1887 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Graeco-Roman Period |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Emerald | Sard | Gold |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Eros |
| Description | Vermeule: Emerald. Intaglio. (Modern Gold Ring Setting mounted in another stone) Eros standing to right, bending over an uncertain object in front of him. It may be a shield and therefore he may be represented with the attributes of Ares. Graeco-Roman, in indifferent style. |
| Height | 0.6 cm |
| Width | 0.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1887 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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