Gem
29-128-526
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-526 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Parthian (uncertain) | Sassanian (uncertain) |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Date Made | 171 BCE-633 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Jasper |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Human Figure |
| Description | Sommerville: Brown Jasper. An Amulet, with rude embellishment or inscription. Persian and Sassanian Intaglios and Talismans, Case EE. Vermeule: Brown Jasper. Unmounted. Circular drill marks resembling a human figure with radiate diagonal lines behind. Late Persian/Sassanian. |
| Height | 1.5 cm |
| Width | 1.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 526 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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