Object Number | 29-128-952 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Graeco-Roman |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Graeco-Roman Period |
Date Made | 50 BCE-400 CE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Gold | Agate | Onyx |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Fisherman | Antiphates |
Description | Vermeule: Agate-Onyx. Intaglio.(Modern gilt ring setting) African fisherman identified by Sommerville as "Antiphates, the fisherman who tormented Ulysses when his boats were driven to shore at Telephos." Graeco-Roman. |
Height | 1.4 cm |
Width | 1.2 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 952 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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