Gem

Swivel Ring

Object Number:

29-128-2028

Current Location:

Collections storage

Culture:

Roman

Provenience:

Mediterranean

Period:

Imperial Roman Period

Section:

Mediterranean

Materials:

Emerald
Silver

Technique:

Intaglio

Iconography:

Woman
Sword

Description:

(Modern silvered ring setting) A female standing to left, a sword in her left arm, a severed head in her extended right hand. Since the work is definitely Graeco-Roman, this is neither Judith or Salome. A province with the head of a captured Parthian or Dacian is undoubtedly intended.

Height:

0.8cm

Width:

1cm

Credit Line:

Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville

Other Number:

2028

Sommerville Gem Number