Gem
Ring
29-128-2056
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2056 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Imperial Roman Period |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Emerald | Metal |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Man | Woman | Hands | Marriage |
| Description | Vermeule: Plasma of Emerald. Intaglio. (Modern base metal ring setting) Man and woman shown standing and clasping hands in the schema common in Roman Art of the Second A.D. for representations of marital bliss. Roman Imperial. |
| Height | 0.7 cm |
| Width | 0.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2056 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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