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29-128-1882

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1882
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Date Made 50 BCE-400 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sard | Gold
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Amphitrite? | Sea Nymph | Triton | Paddle
Description

Vermeule: Sard. Intaglio. (Modern gilt swiveled setting) Amphitrite or a sea-nymph riding left upon a Triton who holds a paddle in left hand. Graeco-Roman.

Height 1.7 cm
Width 1.2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1882 - Sommerville Gem Number

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