Gem

Ring

29-128-1994

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 29-128-1994
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Graeco-Roman Period
Date Made 50 BCE-400 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sard | Silver
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Dioskouroi | Castor | Pollux | Horses | Lances | Star | Crescent
Description

Vermeule: Burnt Sard. Intaglio. (Modern Silver Ring Setting) The Discori standing facing each other beside their horses. They hold lances in ther other hands. Their heads are surmounted by stars and a crescent appears in the field between them. Graeco-Roman.

Height 1.2 cm
Width 1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1994 - Sommerville Gem Number

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