Gem

Ring

29-128-1876

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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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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