Gem
Ring
29-128-2006
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2006 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Graeco-Roman Period |
| Date Made | 50 BCE-400 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sard | Silver |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Dioskouroi | Castor | Pollux | Lances | Stars |
| Description | Vermeule: Sard. Intaglio. (Modern Silver Ring Setting) The Dioscuri, Castor and Pollox, standing holding lances in inner hands, and swords and drapery on outer hands. Star appears over head of each. Graeco-Roman, cursory workmanship with the wheel. |
| Height | 1.1 cm |
| Width | 1.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2006 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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