Gem

Ring

29-128-1931

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1931
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Graeco-Roman Period
Date Made 50 BCE-400 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Jasper | Metal
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Eros | Hippocanth | Sea Horse
Description

Vermeule: Red Jasper. Intaglio. (Modern gilt ring setting) Eros riding to right, on a sea horse or hypocamp. Graeco-Roman.

Height 1.3 cm
Width 1.1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1931 - Sommerville Gem Number

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