Gem

Ring

29-128-1902

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1902
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Graeco-Roman Period
Date Made 50 BCE-400 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Carnelian | Gold
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Eros | Tyche-Fortuna | Butterfly | Psyche
Description

Vermeule: Three Carnelian stones in a modern gilt ring setting. Intaglio. From top to bottom: Intaglio. 1. Eros kneeling to left, hands tied behind him. Bow and quiver hang from tree in front of him. 2. Tyche-Fortuna reclining left, on couch. 3. Butterfly holding a scroll, probably symbolic of Psyche. Graeco-Roman.

Length 10 cm
Width 9 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1902 - Sommerville Gem Number

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