Gem
Pendant
29-128-1432
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 29-128-1432 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Gnostic | Roman |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Late Antique Period |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Sard | Turquoise | Metal |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Phoenix | Inscription | Chnoubis |
Description | Pale sard. Intaglio, (In base metal? pendant setting with 4 sard (small uninscribed) joined by three turquoise between each.) Phoenix on globe facing left, a star in the field. An inscription all about in meaningless? demotic type letters. Reverse: A similar inscription in two lines. Amulet. |
Height | 2.4 cm |
Width | 1.7 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 1432 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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