Gem

Ring

29-128-953

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 29-128-953
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Graeco-Roman Period
Date Made 50 BCE-400 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Gold | Agate
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Victory | Trophy | Helmet | Shield
Description

Sommerville: Emerald. Victory crowning a trophy. Has been injured by fire. Gold Rings - Intaglios, Case HHH.

Vermeule: Mottled Agate. Intaglio. (Modern gilt ring setting) Injured by fire. Victory standing to right, crowning a trophy, helmet and shield at the base. Sommerville called it "Emerald injured by fire." Graeco-Roman.

Height 1.5 cm
Width 1.1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 953 - Sommerville Gem Number

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