Gem
Ring
29-128-2177
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 29-128-2177 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Graeco-Roman |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Graeco-Roman Period |
Date Made | 50 BCE-400 CE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Onyx | Gold |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Eros | Horse |
Description | Vermeule: Onyx. Ancient Cameo. (Modern gold ring setting) Eros on back of a horse galloping to right. Graeco-Roman work: probably I or II century A.D. |
Height | 1.5 cm |
Width | 1.4 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 2177 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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