Gem

Ring

29-128-2172

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2172
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Graeco-Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Onyx | Silver
Technique Cameo
Iconography Woman | Veil | Demeter?
Description

Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Modern Silvered Ring Setting) Veiled draped bust of a Roman lady to the right. She appears also to be wearing a wreath in her hair. A Goddess such as Demeter is perhaps intended. Graeco-Roman.

Height 1.5 cm
Width 1.8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2172 - Sommerville Gem Number

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