Gem
Finger Ring
29-128-1140
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1140 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Imperial Roman Period |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Paste |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Chariot Race |
| Description | Sommerville: Antique paste intaglio, color deep sard. A representation of Chariot-races; each quadriga has four horses abreast. Interesting. Antique Pastes, Case TTT. Vermeule: Sard paste. Intaglio. (Modern gold ring setting) Four chariots galloping in a circle as if in Circus Maximus, Rome. Each is a quadriga, i.e., pulled by four horses. Roman Imperial. |
| Length | 1.3 cm |
| Width | 1.1 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1140 - Sommerville Gem Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number |
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