Gem

Ring

29-128-905

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-905
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Imperial Roman Period
Date Made 50 BCE-400 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Jasper | Gold
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Venus Victrix | Venus Verticordia
Description

Sommerville: Red Jasper. Venus Verticordia, the goddess who turns the hearts of men. Gold Rings - Intaglios, Case EEE.

Vermeule: Red Jasper. Intaglio. (Modern gilt ring setting). Simpler version of Venus Victrix composition. Roman Imperial.

Height 1.1 cm
Width 0.8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 905 - Sommerville Gem Number

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