Gem

Ring

29-128-947

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

View All (7) Object Images

Object Number 29-128-947
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Republican Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Carnelian | Gold
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Diomedes | Altar | Eagle | Palladium | Dagger
Description

Sommerville: Sard. Diomedes stepping over the ramparts of Troy in the act of carrying off the effigy of Minerva, the Palladium. Gold Rings - Intaglios, Case HHH.

Vermeule: Sard. Intaglio. Diomedes kneeling on altar on which appears the eagle of Zeus and holding the Palladium and a dagger. Graeco-Roman

Height 1.6 cm
Width 1 cm
Depth 0.4 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 947 - Sommerville Gem Number

Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.