Gem

Swivel Ring

29-128-937

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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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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