Gem

Ring

29-128-1937

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1937
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Graeco-Roman Period
Date Made 50 BCE-400 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Carnelian | Gold
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Dolphin | Crescent | Star | Fish | Phallus
Description

Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (Modern gold ring setting) Dolphin with crescent above and star below, a fish on left, a phallos on right. Graeco-Roman.

Height 1.5 cm
Width 1.1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1937 - Sommerville Gem Number

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