Gem

Ring

29-128-2141

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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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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