Gem

29-128-2073

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2073
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Late Antique Period
Date Made 300-399 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Jasper
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Fisherman | Boat
Description

Vermeule: Red Jasper. Intaglio. Fisherman in boat fishing right over prow. Late antique work probably IVth century A.D. Gem seperated from ring. Graeco-Roman.

Height 1.4 cm
Width 1.1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2073 - Sommerville Gem Number

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