Gem
Scarab
29-128-1046
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 29-128-1046 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Etruscan |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Emerald |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Scarab | Horse |
Description | Sommerville: Emerald. An Etruscan Scarabeus, broken. Gold and Silver Rings - Cameos, Case NNN. Vermeule: Green Stone. Scarab. Intaglio. (Ancient gold ring) Only the rear portion of an animal to left, remains, even that is vague. The rest is destroyed. Extremely small; a line border partly remains. Graeco-Roman. Hardly worth recording. |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 1046 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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