Gem

29-128-886

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-886
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Graeco-Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Carnelian
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Cornucopia | Phoenix | Orb | Thyrsus
Description

Sommerville: Carnelian. Cornucopia, the full horn of abundance. Intaglios and Their Imprints, Case CCC.

Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (Unmounted) A cornucopia flanked by a phoenix on an orb and a filleted thrysus at the right. Graeco-Roman.

Height 0.9 cm
Width 1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 886 - Sommerville Gem Number

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