Gem
Ring
29-128-1947
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1947 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Graeco-Roman Period |
| Date Made | 50 BCE-400 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Agate | Gold |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Hermes | Globe | Staff? | Cock |
| Description | Vermeule: Green agate? Intaglio. Youthful Hermes seated right, left foot on globe; holds bukerion or herald's staff in outstretched left hand; cock in field at right. Graeco-Roman. |
| Height | 2 cm |
| Width | 1.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1947 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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