Gem

Scarab

29-128-1046

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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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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