Gem

Ring

29-128-1914

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 29-128-1914
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Graeco-Roman Period
Date Made 50 BCE-400 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Gold
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Meleager | Spear | Dog | Column
Description

Vermeule: Chalcedony. Intaglio. (Modern gilt setting) Meleager leaning with left arm upon a column, holds spear in left hand and dog appears on other side of column. Graeco-Roman.

Height 1.6 cm
Width 1.1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1914 - Sommerville Gem Number

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