Gem

Ring

29-128-2084

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 29-128-2084
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Graeco-Roman Period
Date Made 50 BCE-400 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Tourmaline (uncertain) | Topaz (uncertain) | Silver
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Bellerophon | Pegasus
Description

Vermeule: Greenish Clear Stone (Tourmaline or Topaz). (Modern silvered ring setting) Intaglio and impression. Bellerophon riding Pegasus to right. Graeco-Roman.

Height 1.7 cm
Width 1.2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2084 - Sommerville Gem Number

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