Gem
Ring
29-128-1876
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 29-128-1876 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Graeco-Roman |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Imperial Roman Period |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Chalcedon | Gold |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Zeus | Throne | Libation Bowl | Sceptre | Star |
Description | Vermeule: Chalcedony. Intaglio. (Modern Gold Ring Setting) Zeus seated to left on a high backed throne. He holds a libation bowl in his extended right and a sceptre staff vertically in left. A star appears in field in front of him. Graeco-Roman, in very good style. |
Height | 0.9 cm |
Width | 1.1 cm |
Depth | 0.4 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 1876 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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