Gem

29-128-889

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-889
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Graeco-Roman Period
Date Made 50 BCE-400 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sapphire
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Scorpion
Description

Sommerville: Sapphire. A scorpio. Intaglio. An amulet protecting the wearer from the sting of the living arachnid. Intaglios and Their Imprints, Case DDD.

Vermeule: Sapphire. Intaglio. (Unmounted) A scorpion. Sommerville states "an amulet protecting the wearer from the sting of the living, Arachnid." Graeco-Roman

Height 0.7 cm
Width 0.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 889 - Sommerville Gem Number

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