Gem
29-128-881
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-881 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Imperial Roman Period |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Emerald (uncertain) | Paste (uncertain) |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Fides | Demeter | Corn | Fruit |
| Description | Sommerville: Plasma of Emerald. Faith. Intaglios and Their Imprints, Case CCC. Vermeule: Plasma of emerald. Intaglio. (Unmounted ringstone) Fides-Demeter standing to the left, ears of corn in her lowered left hand, a tray of fruit held on her right. Graeco-Roman: Roman Imperial. |
| Height | 0.9 cm |
| Width | 1.1 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 881 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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