Gem
Ring
29-128-2141
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 29-128-2141 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Late Antique Period |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Chalcedony | Gold |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Harpocrates | Inscription |
Description | Vermeule: Chalcedony. Intaglio. (Modern gilt ring setting) Harpocrates seated to right, flanked by crescent and a star. He is seated on top of a tree which extends from back of lion springing to right. Inscription scratched on obverse and reverse. |
Height | 3.2 cm |
Width | 2.7 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 2141 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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