Gem
Ring
29-128-2360
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2360 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Graeco-Roman Period |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Carnelian | Silver | Diamond |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Medusa |
| Description | Vermeule: Carnelian. Cameo. (Modern Silver Ring Setting) Flanked by 4 diamonds. Head of Medusa facing. She is represented in the archaistic flat style which was popular as the ornament of the upper part of Roman cuirasses in the Ist and IInd centuries A.D. Graeco-Roman. |
| Height | 0.7 cm |
| Width | 0.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2360 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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