Gem

Swivel Ring

29-128-2088

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2088
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Etruscan
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Etruria
Section Mediterranean
Materials Carnelian
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Dying Hero | Shield | Short Sword
Description

Vermeule: Yellow Carnelian. (Modern gold swivel ring setting) A dying hero with shield and short sword. Etruscan.

Height 1.5 cm
Width 1.1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2088 - Sommerville Gem Number

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