Gem

Ring

29-128-2131

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 29-128-2131
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Section Mediterranean
Materials Amethyst | Gold
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Deity | Apollo? | Meleager? | Column
Description

Vermeule: Amethyst. Intaglio. (Modern Gold Ring Setting) A youthful divinity standing to right leaning on a column, He is probably to be identified as Apollo, although on a number of Graeco-Roman gems, Meleage is represented in a similar manner.

Height 0.6 cm
Width 0.9 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2131 - Sommerville Gem Number

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