Gem

29-128-1758

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1758
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Achaemenian
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Early Achaemenian
Section Mediterranean
Materials Greenstone
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Sphinx | Tree
Description

Vermeule: Green stone sealing. Intaglio. Perforated. Sphinx seated to right, on a stylized animal; tree? behind. Early Achaemenian.

Height 1.8 cm
Width 1.4 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1758 - Sommerville Gem Number

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