Gem
Swivel Ring
29-128-2134
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2134 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Gnosticism |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Green Jasper | Metal |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Description | Boulis: Green Jasper set in metal swivel ring. Intaglio. Obverse: Male figure facing left with whip (?) in left hand and shield (?) in right hand. Reverse: Inscription 6 lines of Greek type letters. Probably Gnostic. Vermeule: Green jasper. Intaglio. (Unmounted Ring Stone). Obverse: Egyptian style figure standing to right with Isiaic symbols, a staff or whip and a pail (?). Reb. 7 lines of Greek type letters. "Gnostic." |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2134 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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