Gem

Ring

29-128-943

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 29-128-943
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 Boar | Inscription
Description

Sommerville: Carnelian. The wild boar of Arcadia. Gold Rings - Intaglios, Case HHH.

Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (Modern gold ring setting) and impression. Wild boar standing right. Inscribed in field beneath.

Height 1.2 cm
Width 0.8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 943 - Sommerville Gem Number

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