Gem

Ring

29-128-2031

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2031
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Imperial Roman Period
Date Made 50-199 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Carnelian | Silver
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Eagle | Thunderbolt
Description

Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (Modern silver ring setting) An eagle standing looking to left. The object beneath his talons may be a thunderbolt. Graeco-Roman, the design very similar to that in Roman decorative art of the late I and II A.D.

Height 0.8 cm
Width 0.9 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2031 - Sommerville Gem Number

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