Gem

29-128-860

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-860
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Imperial Roman Period
Date Made 50 BCE-99 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Carnelian
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Warrior | Trophy | Mars Victor | Trophy | Spear
Description

Sommerville: Carnelian. Intaglio. A Warrior returning with trophies of armor. Intaglios and Their Imprints, Case BBB.

Vermeule: Carnelian ringstone. Late Ist B.C. or later. Intaglio. Mars Victor walking right with trophy and spear. A panoply of arms and armor appears in right background. Arms consist of helmet on shield, a cuirass spear and greaves. Graeco-Roman.

Height 1.3 cm
Width 1 cm
Depth 0.4 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 860 - Sommerville Gem Number

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