Gem

Ring

29-128-1881

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1881
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Graeco-Roman Period
Date Made 50 BCE-400 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Jasper | Gold
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Athena | Helmet
Description

Vermeule: Red Jasper. Intaglio. (Modern Gold Ring Setting) Bust of Athena to left, wearing a crested helmet and aeges about her neck. The design is a free version of gems and plaques copying the Athena Parthenos of Pheidies. Graeco-Roman.

Height 1.1 cm
Width 1.7 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1881 - Sommerville Gem Number

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