Object Number | 29-128-1429 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Roman | Gnostic |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Late Antique Period |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Chalcedony | Gold |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Priapus | Inscription |
Description | Sommerville: Chalcedony. Cameo ring. A Gnostic adaptation of Amen-Ra's Priapean characteristic to Jupiter Serapis. Abraxas, Case AAAAA. Vermeule: Chalcedony. Cameo. (Gold ring setting: reset in gilt ring core) Terminal figure of Priapus facing to right. The inscription running about refers to the so-called Gnostic-Trinity "To Thee, Father Zeus, To Hades and to Helios." |
Height | 2.4 cm |
Width | 1.8 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 1429 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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