Gem
Ring
29-128-2048
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 29-128-2048 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Graeco-Roman |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Graeco-Roman Period |
Date Made | 50 BCE-400 CE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Carnelian | Gold |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Stork | Lizard |
Description | Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (Modern gilt ring setting) A stork biting a lizard who endeavors to escape, to right. Graeco-Roman. On the connection of such scenes with Roman worship of the Phrygian Dionysos (Sabazios). |
Height | 1.3 cm |
Width | 1.1 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 2048 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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