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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