Gem

Ring Setting

29-128-1885

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 29-128-1885
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Date Made 50 BCE-400 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Onyx | Metal
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Heracles
Description

Vermeule: Onyx. Intaglio. (Ancient gilt bronze ring setting) Laureate bust of bearded Herakles to right. Part of the ring has been restored in modern times. cf 2041 for similar composition. Graeco-Roman.

Height 1.2 cm
Width 1.1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1885 - Sommerville Gem Number

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