Gem
Ring
29-128-1945
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 29-128-1945 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Graeco-Roman |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Graeco-Roman Period |
Date Made | 100-199 CE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Carnelian | Gold |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Ephesian Artemis | Stags | Star | Crescent |
Description | Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (Modern Gold Ring Setting) The Ephesian Artemis facing, flanked by two stylized stags. At left and right in the field a star and a crescent. Graeco-Roman. The representation similar to that encountered on coins of Asia-Minor in the IInd A.D. |
Height | 0.8 cm |
Width | 1.1 cm |
Depth | 0.4 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 1945 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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