Gem

Pendant

29-128-2146

Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2146
Current Location Rome Gallery - On Display
Culture Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Late Antique Period
Date Made 2nd century
Section Mediterranean
Materials Red Jasper
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Jupiter Serapis | Kalathos | Cornucopia | Victory | Dolphin | Inscription
Description

Vermeule: Red Jasper. Intaglio. (Modern gilt pendant setting) Bust of Zeus Serapis with kalathos facing left, cornucopia in front of him, a small Victory holding out a wreath behind him, a dolphin beneath him. (Symbol of eternity).

Height 1.8 cm
Width 1.2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2146 - Sommerville Gem Number | 1714 - Sommerville Amulet/Talisman Number

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