Gem

Ring

29-128-2143

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2143
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Gnostic
Provenience Mediterranean
Section Mediterranean
Materials Jasper (uncertain) | Gold
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Crab | Inscription
Description

Vermeule: Greenish Jasper-like stone. Intaglio. (Modern Silver Ring Setting) A scarab with letters IAW above. "Gnostic" in good Graeco-Roman style.

Height 1.1 cm
Width 1.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2143 - Sommerville Gem Number

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