Gem

Ring

29-128-2269

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2269
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Early Christian
Provenience Mediterranean
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx | Gold
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Fish | Inscription
Description

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Intaglio. (Modern gold ring setting) Inscribed ICTHUS, two fish, one above, other below. The word "fish" and the symbol was a popular E.C. monogram for name and titles of the Savior. Early Christian.

Height 1.5 cm
Width 1.1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2269 - Sommerville Gem Number

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