Gem
Ring
29-128-2045
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
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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