Object Number | 29-128-921 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Neoclassical |
Date Made | 1700-1850 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Gold | Sardonyx |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Adam | Eve | Inscription |
Description | Sonmmerville: Sard. Adam and Eve, with the legend ELAB | ABBA | ELI (Syro-Hebraic in Roman letters), meaning "God [is] Father. [O] Father my God." Gold Rings - Intaglios, Case FFF. Vermeule: Sard. Intaglio. (Modern gilt ring setting) Adam and Eve. The stone is inscribed ELAB - ABBA - ELI (Scyro Hebraic) in Roman letters meaning "O Father, My God" according to Sommerville. Neo-Classic. The design intended to suggest a Graeco Roman scripture. |
Height | 1 cm |
Width | 1.4 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 921 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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