Gem

Ring

29-128-952

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-952
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Graeco-Roman Period
Date Made 50 BCE-400 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Gold | Agate | Onyx
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Fisherman | Antiphates
Description

Sommerville: Agate-Onyx. Antiphates, the fisherman who tormented Ulysses when his boats were driven on the shore at Telepylos. He was also a ruler of a savage people. Gold Rings - Intaglios, Case HHH.

Vermeule: Agate-Onyx. Intaglio.(Modern gilt ring setting) African fisherman identified by Sommerville as "Antiphates, the fisherman who tormented Ulysses when his boats were driven to shore at Telephos." Graeco-Roman.

Height 1.4 cm
Width 1.2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 952 - Sommerville Gem Number

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