Gem
Scarab
Ring
29-128-1164
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 29-128-1164 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Graeco-Roman |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Paste | Gold |
Technique | Intaglio |
Description | Sommerville: Antique paste. A Scarabeus. Rare. Antique Pastes, Case UUU. Vermeule: Glass Paste. Intaglio? (Ring, but not finger ring) Gilt, perhaps ancient. Surface too decorated for identification. Perhaps merely undecorated scarab. Graeco-Roman. |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 1164 - Sommerville Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number |
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