Gem
Ring
29-128-1628
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1628 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Graeco-Roman Period |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Agate | Metal |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Hermes | Uraeus | Caduceus | Canopic Jar | Kalathos |
| Description | Vermeule: Mottled Agate. Intaglio. (Modern silver ring setting) Egyptian stype figures, draped bust of Hermes with Egyptian headdress (uraeus) to right, caduceus behind his head. Below: A canopic jar with Kalathos headdress to right. Graeco-Roman |
| Height | 1.4 cm |
| Width | 2 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1628 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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