| Object Number | 29-128-872 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Graeco-Roman Period |
| Date Made | 50 BCE-400 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Green Jasper |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Centaur | Cheiron? | Inscription | Horace |
| Description | Sommerville: Green Jasper. Cheiron, the wisest and most just of all the centaurs or Hippocentaurs; friend and relative of Peleus, father of Achilles. Intaglios and Their Imprints, Case CCC. Vermeule: Green Jasper. Intaglio. (Unmounted) and impression. A Centuar (probably Cheiron) "The wisest and most just of all the Centuars; friend and relative of Peleus, father of Achilles." The inscription running clockwise reads PLACIDIS - COEANT - IMMITIE. Graeco-Roman. |
| Height | 1.5 cm |
| Width | 1.4 cm |
| Depth | 0.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 872 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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