Gem
Pendant
29-128-857
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-857 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Graeco-Roman Period |
| Date Made | 50 BCE-400 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Jasper | Gold |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Zeus-Serapis | Jupiter Serapis | Isis | Inscription |
| Description | Sommerville: Jasper. A magic or talismanic stone. Intaglios and Their Imprints, Case BBB. Vermeule: Mottled dark jasper. Intaglio. (Modern gold pendant setting) Zeus-Serapis standing to left, a bust of Isis in front of him, he holds a palm in one hand and a wreath or fetters in other. Inscribed "For a good deed" in Greek. Graeco-Roman.Amulet |
| Height | 1.5 cm |
| Width | 1.1 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 857 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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