Gem
Swivel Ring
29-128-937
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 29-128-937 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Graeco-Roman |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Graeco-Roman Period |
Date Made | 50 BCE-400 CE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Gold | Onyx |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Heracles | Club | Lion Skin |
Description | Sommerville: Sardonyx. Young Hercules. Gold Rings - Intaglios, Case GGG. Vermeule: Onyx. Intaglio. (Modern gilt swivel ring setting) Bust of young Herakles with club and lion's skin right. Graeco-Roman. |
Height | 1.4 cm |
Width | 1.1 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 938 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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