Gem
Ring
Intaglio
Object Number:
29-128-908
Current Location:
Rome Gallery
Culture:
Graeco-Roman
Provenience:
Mediterranean
Period:
Graeco-Roman Period
Date Made:
1st century BC - 1st century AD
Early Date:
-99
Late Date:
99
Section:
Mediterranean
Materials:
Gold
Jacinth
Technique:
Intaglio
Iconography:
Cybele
Lions
Throne
Description:
(Modern gilt ring setting) Cybele enthroned, facing.
Height:
1.8cm
Width:
1.3cm
Credit Line:
Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville
Other Number:
| 908 | - | Sommerville Gem Number |
| 116 | - | Vermeule Number (Sommerville Gems) |
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Roman World (15 Mar 2003)
Bibliography:
[Book] Berges, Dietrich. 2002. Antike Siegel und Glasgemmen der Sammlung Maxwell Sommerville: im University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. 78. : Page/Fig./Plate: 33-34
[Book] Vermeule, Cornelius C. 1950. The Sommerville Gem Collection of the University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
[Book] Sommerville, Maxwell. 1877. Engraved Gems : Their Place in the History of Art.
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