Gem

Ring

29-128-1884

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 29-128-1884
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Date Made 50 BCE-400 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Agate | Metal
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Zeus | Libation Bowl
Description

Vermeule: Cloudy pale blue Agate. Intaglio. (Modern silvered ring setting) Jupiter seated left, holding libation bowl in extended right hand. Graeco-Roman.

Height 1.3 cm
Width 1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1884 - Sommerville Gem Number

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