Gem
Ring
29-128-1891
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 29-128-1891 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Roman |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Imperial Roman Period |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Carnelian | Gold |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Mars Victor | Shield | Spear |
Description | Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (Modern gold ring setting) Mars Victor standing to left, a shield in his lowered left hand, a spear held vertically in the right. Roman Imperial. The type copies the well-known cult statue in the temple of the Forum of Augustus completed in 2 B.C. |
Height | 0.8 cm |
Width | 1.1 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 1891 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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