Gem

Ring

29-128-914

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-914
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Roman Period
Date Made 50 BCE-400 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Amethyst | Gold
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Cow | Calf
Description

Sommerville: Amethyst. Cow and Calf. Exquisitely fine intaglio. Gold Rings - Intaglios, Case FFF.

Vermeule: Amethyst. Intaglio. (Modern gold ring setting). Cow to left, nursing calf to right. Graeco-Roman

Height 1.7 cm
Width 1.2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 914 - Sommerville Gem Number

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