Gem

Ring

29-128-2045

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2045
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Graeco-Roman Period
Date Made 50 BCE-400 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx | Gold
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Raven | Flower | Boukranion
Description

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Intaglio. (Modern gilt ring setting) Bird, perhaps raven of Apollo, holding a flower (hyacinth?) standing on a boukranion. Graeco-Roman.

Height 1.1 cm
Width 0.9 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2045 - Sommerville Gem Number

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