Gem

Ring

29-128-2121

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2121
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Date Made 50 BCE-400 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Amethyst | Gold
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Dionysis? | Heracles?
Description

Vermeule: Amethyst. Intaglio. (Modern gilt ring setting and impression). Bust of a young man to right, wreath in hair and drapery about shoulders. Perhaps Dionysos or Herakles. Graeco-Roman.

Height 1.1 cm
Width 0.9 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2121 - Sommerville Gem Number

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