Object Number | 29-128-876 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Graeco-Roman |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Graeco-Roman Period |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Carnelian |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Philosopher | Manuscript | Column | Orb |
Description | Sommerville: Carnelian. A Philosopher studying a manuscript. Intaglios and Their Imprints, Case CCC. Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (Unmounted) A philosopher seated to the right, reading from a rotulus manuscript below a column surmounted by an orb. His staff appears behind him. Graeco-Roman. |
Height | 0.9 cm |
Width | 0.8 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 876 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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