Gem
Ring
29-128-1968
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1968 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1800-1899 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Carnelian | Silver |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Omphale | Lion Skin | Club |
| Description | Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (Modern Silver Ring Setting) Bust of Omphale facing to right. She is clad in lionskin of Herakles and carries his club over her shoulder. 19th century. |
| Height | 1.7 cm |
| Width | 1.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1968 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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