Gem

Swivel Ring

Scarab

29-128-1783

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1783
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Italic | Etruscan
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Etruria
Date Made 300 BCE to 200 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sard
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Bird | Owl? | Peacock
Description

Vermeule: Sard. (Modern swivel ring setting; gold setting also). Bird perhaps a peacock (owl?) walking left. Late Etruscan work; very poorly carved.

Height 1.1 cm
Width 1.6 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1783 - Sommerville Gem Number

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