Gem
Ring
29-128-2428
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2428 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Graeco-Roman Period |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Agate | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Alexander the Great |
| Description | Vermeule: Cameo. (Modern gilt ring setting) In two layers, white on mottled Agate. Bust of Alexander the Great in exaggerated Hellenistic style facing right. A diadem encircles hair. Graeco-Roman. |
| Height | 2.5 cm |
| Width | 1.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2428 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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