Gem

Ring

29-128-2057

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2057
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Graeco-Roman Period
Date Made 50 BCE-400 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx | Iron
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Eagle
Description

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Intaglio. (Ancient gilt iron ring setting and impression) Head of eagle left. The representation is similar to that on Greek coins of Elis. Graeco-Roman.

Height 1 cm
Width 0.8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2057 - Sommerville Gem Number

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