Gem
Seal (Object)
| Object Number: | 29-128-528 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Etruscan |
| Provenience: | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location: | Etruria |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Chalcedony Onyx |
| Technique: | Intaglio |
| Iconography: | Odysseus? Philoctetes? Heroes |
| Length: | 2.6 cm |
| Width: | 2 cm |
| Credit Line: | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number: | 528 - Sommerville Gem Number |
Description
Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx. An Etruscan Scarabeus, with intaglio. Etruscan Seals, Scarabei, Intaglios, and Rings, Case FF.
Vermeule: Italo-Etruscan. Seal. Chalcedony-onyx. Unmounted. Two heroes in a scene from Trojan Wars; Odysseus and Philoctetes on island of Lemnos. A cancer above. Cable border.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Cameo and Intaglio: Engraved Gems from the Sommerville Collection (30 Nov 1956 - 31 Mar 1957) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Vermeule, Cornelius C. 1956. The Sommerville Gem Collection of the University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: no. 83 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Sommerville, Maxwell. 1889. Engraved Gems: Their History and an Elaborate View of Their Place In Art.. Maxwell Sommerville. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 701, no. 528, pl. 45 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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