Gem

Ring

29-128-2177

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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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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