Gem

Ring

29-128-957

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-957
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Graeco-Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Gold | Sardonyx
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Hertha | Bonus Eventus? | Grain | Fruit | Fruit Tree
Description

Sommerville: Sardonyx. Hertha, the goddess of the Earth. Gold Rings - Cameos, Case III.

Vermeule: Onyx. Intaglio. (Modern gilt ring setting) Bonus Eventus (?) standing right, holding grain and fruits (?) in his hands., a fruit tree behind him. Graeco-Roman.

Height 1.4 cm
Width 1.1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 957 - Sommerville Gem Number

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