Gem
29-128-1139
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1139 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Paste |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Female Head |
| Description | Sommerville: Antique Paste Intaglio, color pale topaz. A Head and representation of a ring. Probably worn as a medallion by a slave who had not the right to wear a ring. Antique Pastes, Case TTT. Vermeule: Glass paste, imitating pale Topaz. Intaglio. (Unmounted) Female head facing to right, surrounded by flowers (poppies?) and set on a ring seen in profile. Graeco-Roman, probably a ringstone connected with marriage ceremonies. |
| Length | 1.1 cm |
| Width | 0.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1139 - Sommerville Gem Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number |
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