Gem
Ring
29-128-2363
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2363 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1400-1599 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Chalcedony | Onyx | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Omphale? | Woman | Club | Lion Skin |
| Description | Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Modern Gilt Ring Setting around ancient gold mounting) A female figure standing facing, leaning on a club (?) cloak or lionskin on her head. Omphale ? 15th or 16th century. |
| Height | 0.7 cm |
| Width | 0.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2363 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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