Gem

Ring

29-128-1874

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1874
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Date Made 50 BCE-400 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Zeus-Ammon
Description

Vermeule: Burnt Chalcedony. Intaglio. (Modern gilt setting) Jupiter as Ammon (see918) save that intaglio is carved to come out correctly in wax or plaster impression. Graeco-Roman

Height 1.8 cm
Width 1.4 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1874 - Sommerville Gem Number

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