Gem

Ring

29-128-887

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-887
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Graeco-Roman Period
Date Made 50 BCE-400 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Jasper | Gold
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Protogenis | Meleager
Description

Sommerville: Red Jasper. Protogenis, a comedian of the second century, with a mask, playing the character of Meleager, the wild-boar hunter. Engraved in his time. Intaglios and Their Imprints, Case DDD.

Vermeule: Red jasper. Intaglio. (Modern gilt pendant setting) (and impression) Protogenis, a comedian represented in role of Meleager. Graeco-Roman.

Height 3.3 cm
Width 1.9 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 887 - Sommerville Gem Number

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