Object Number | 29-128-947 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Graeco-Roman |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Republican Roman Period |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Carnelian | Gold |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Diomedes | Altar | Eagle | Palladium | Dagger |
Description | Sommerville: Sard. Diomedes stepping over the ramparts of Troy in the act of carrying off the effigy of Minerva, the Palladium. Gold Rings - Intaglios, Case HHH. Vermeule: Sard. Intaglio. Diomedes kneeling on altar on which appears the eagle of Zeus and holding the Palladium and a dagger. Graeco-Roman |
Height | 1.6 cm |
Width | 1 cm |
Depth | 0.4 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 947 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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