Gem
Swivel Ring
Scarab
29-128-1781
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1781 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Etruscan |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location | Etruria |
| Date Made | 420-380 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sardonyx | Gold |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Kapaneus? | Hoplite Shield |
| Description | Vermeule: Sard. (Modern gold swivel ring setting). Greek hero perhaps Kapaneus falling mortally wounded shield on left arm. Etruscan. nude youth in twisting run or dance bearing a hoplite shield; hatched border; modern swivel mount |
| Height | 1.5 cm |
| Width | 1.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1781 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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