| Object Number | 29-128-854 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Graeco-Roman Period |
| Date Made | 50 BCE-400 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Carnelian |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Hylas | Water Jug | Staff | Dog | Dionysos | Wine Jug | Thyrsus | Panther |
| Description | Sommerville: Carnelian. Hylas. A youth of the Argonautic Expedition who went for water, and the Nymphs, taken with love for him, pulled him into the spring. It is not stated what became of the dog. Intaglios and Their Imprints, Case AAA. Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (Unmounted) Bacchus stands to left holding karanthos and thrysus, panther at his feet. Sommerville calls Hylas with dog (staff and water jug). Graeco-Roman. |
| Length | 1.9 cm |
| Width | 1.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 854 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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