Gem

Ring

29-128-921

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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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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