Gem

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29-128-933

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-933
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Imperial Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Gold
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Capitoline Triad | Jupiter | Juno | Minerva | Eagle | Peacock | Owl
Description

Sommerville: Chalcedony, tinged with Sapphire Color. Gold Rings - Intaglios, Case GGG.

Vermeule: Chalcedony, tinged with Sapphire color. Intaglio. (Ancient? gold wired swivel setting) Capitoline. Triad enthroned with their attributes at their feet., surrounded by busts of the gods representing days of the week plus two additional divinities. Graeco-Roman.

Height 1.5 cm
Width 1.2 cm
Depth 0.8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 933 - Sommerville Gem Number

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