Gem
Seal (Object)
29-128-528
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
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 |
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. |
Length | 2.6 cm |
Width | 2 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 528 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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