| Object Number | 29-128-939 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Graeco-Roman Period |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Gold | Sardonyx |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Demosthenes |
| Description | Sommerville: Sard. Demosthenes, the greatest of the Greek orators, about 380 B.C. A fragment restored with gold. Gold Rings - Intaglios, Case GGG. Vermeule: Sard. Intaglio. (Modern gold pin setting) Fragment restored in gold. Head of Demosthenes facing., his himation visible over his right shoulder. His head is turned somewhat to left. Graeco-Roman copy, in excellent style of the head and bust of the statue set up in Athens in the early IIIrd century B.C. Other copies survive in bronze, marble and other media. |
| Height | 1.2 cm |
| Width | 1.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 939 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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