Gem
Ring
29-128-2036
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2036 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Carnelian | Gold |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Man | Scipio Africanus | Inscription |
| Description | Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (Modern gold ring setting) Draped. Cuirassed bust of a man facing to left. He wears an animal skin cap similar to those worn by Roman signeferes inscribed SCIPIAF. Scipio Africanus is undoubtedly intended. Neo-Classic, the features, of course, purely ideal. |
| Height | 1.2 cm |
| Width | 1.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2036 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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