Gem
Ring
29-128-1973
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1973 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Greek |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Late Classical Greek Period | Hellenistic Period |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Red Jasper |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Heracles | Antaios |
| Description | Vermeule: Intaglio. Red Jasper. (Modern gilt ring setting) Herakles wrestling with Anteaeus. His club appears at right and his lion's skin in field at left. Hellenistic. |
| Height | 1.7 cm |
| Width | 1.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1973 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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