Gem

Ring

29-128-2235

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2235
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Graeco-Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Onyx | Silver
Technique Cameo
Iconography Inscription
Description

Vermeule: Onyx. Cameo. (Modern Silvered ring setting) Inscription in 4 lines: SALVOEL, LESPONTI, OFELIXSV, NTROFVS. A personal-name stone with an invocation for the good health of the wearer. Graeco-Roman.

Height 1.3 cm
Width 0.9 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2235 - Sommerville Gem Number

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