Gem
Ring
29-128-1919
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1919 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Graeco-Roman Period |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sard | Metal |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Maenad | Priapus | Silenus | Flute |
| Description | Vermeule: Sard. Intaglio. (Modern silver ring setting) A Maenad makes an offering to a terminal figure of Priapus on a column. Beyond, at the left, stands a figure of Silenus-type blowing the double flutes. Graeco-Roman. |
| Height | 1.6 cm |
| Width | 1.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1919 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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