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29-128-885

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-885
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Imperial Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Emerald
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Fortuna | Venus Victrix
Description

Sommerville: Emerald. Fortuna. Intaglios and Their Imprints, Case CCC.

Vermeule: Emerald Ringstone. Intaglio. (Unmounted) Venus Victrix in the usual pose, seen from the back standing to right. Graeco-Roman, a popular Roman imperial subject.

Height 0.8 cm
Width 1 cm
Depth 0.3 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 885 - Sommerville Gem Number

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