Gem
Swivel Ring
Scarab
29-128-1792
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1792 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Italic | Etruscan |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location | Etruria |
| Date Made | 400 BCE to 200 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Carnelian | Silver |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Horse | Dog |
| Description | Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (Modern gilt swivel ring setting). Scarab: animal, perhaps horse facing right; head to viewer, holds some object in mouth; cable border. Etruscan, middle to late period |
| Height | 1.3 cm |
| Width | 1 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1792 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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