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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