Gem
Ring
29-128-1936
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1936 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Imperial Roman Period |
| Date Made | 100-299 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Carnelian | Gold |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Fides | Demeter | Fruit | Corn | Basket |
| Description | Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (Modern gilt ring setting) Chipped at top left. Fides-Demeter standing to right, a basket of fruit on her raised left hand, ears of corn in her lowered right. Roman Imperial, II or III A.D. work, of extremely cursory nature and showing extensive use of the wheel. |
| Height | 1 cm |
| Width | 1.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1936 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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