Gem
Ring Fragment
29-128-1981
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1981 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Graeco-Roman Period |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Carnelian | Gold |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Bird | Fish? |
| Description | Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (In original ancient gold ring setting) A bird to right, standing on a fish? the feet of the bird and the body of the fish are formed in a large circular drill mark. Graeco-Roman. |
| Height | 0.6 cm |
| Width | 0.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1981 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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