Gem

29-128-534

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-534
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Graeco-Roman Period
Date Made 50 BCE-400 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sard
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Ibex? | Landscape
Description

Sommerville: Sard. A Talisman, pierced so that it could be worn on a cord. Etruscan Seals, Scarabei, Intaglios, and Rings, Case FF.

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Intaglio. (Unmounted and pierced for cord). Animal, perhaps an Ibex grazing to right, in flowery landscape. Graeco-Roman.

Height 1.7 cm
Width 1.7 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 534 - Sommerville Gem Number

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