Gem

Ring

29-128-529

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-529
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Etruscan | Byzantine (uncertain)
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Late Antique Period (uncertain) | Byzantine Period (uncertain)
Section Mediterranean
Materials Bronze
Iconography Lock
Description

Sommerville: Bronze. A curious Etruscan ring having 2 locks. The 1st opens with a secret spring, the 2nd or inner lock with a minute key. The shank was also set free by a spring lock so that it opened on a pivot hinge. Etruscan Seals, Scarabei, Intaglios, and Rings, Case FF.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 529 - Sommerville Gem Number

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