Gem

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29-128-2297

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2297
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Imperial Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Carnelian | Metal
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Roman | Victory | Armor
Description

Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (Modern gilt ring setting) Goddess Roma in military dress seated to left, on a pile of arms and armor. She holds a small Victory on outstretched right hand, spear vertically in left. Roman Imperial.

Height 1.5 cm
Width 1.4 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2297 - Sommerville Gem Number

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