Gem

Seal (Object)

Ring

29-128-915

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 29-128-915
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Republican Roman Period
Date Made ca. 200 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Onyx
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Inscription
Description

Sommerville: Onyx. Intaglio ring. Seal ring belonging to a liberated slave, Ennius Philogenus.Inscription reads: Ennius Philogene liberated by Lucius Ennius. Gold Rings - Intaglios, Case FFF.

Height 1.3 cm
Width 1.3 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 915 - Sommerville Gem Number

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