Gem

Ring

29-128-1927

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1927
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Graeco-Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Agate | Gold
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Bellerophon | Chimera
Description

Vermeule: Mottled Green Agate. Intaglio. (Modern gold ring setting) Belleraphon flying to right, above the Chimaera, who stands to left on a small ground line. Graeco-Roman ringstone.

Height 1.3 cm
Width 0.9 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1927 - Sommerville Gem Number

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