Gem

Ring

29-128-1870

From: Western Europe

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1870
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Western Europe
Manufacture Location Western Europe
Period Early Middle Ages
Section Mediterranean
Materials Onyx | Metal
Technique Cameo
Iconography Roma
Description

Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Modern gilt ring setting) Bust of Minerva or Roma to right. Workmanship belongs to late Antiquity or the earlier Middle Ages.

Height 2.5 cm
Width 2.1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1870 - Sommerville Gem Number

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