Object Number | 29-128-917 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Graeco-Roman |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Graeco-Roman Period |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Gold | Sardonyx |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Heracles | Erymanthian Boar | Heracles | Cretan Bull |
Description | Sommerville: Sard. Hercules transporting the Erymanthian boar from Mount Erymanthus to Eurystheus in Mycenae - the fourth of the Twelve Labors of Hercules. Gold Rings - Intaglios, Case FFF. Vermeule: Sard. Intaglio. (Modern gold ring setting) Herakles walking to right carrying the Cretan bull over his shoulders. Graeco-Roman. |
Height | 1.2 cm |
Width | 1.6 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 917 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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