Gem

Swivel Ring

Scarab

29-128-1784

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1784
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Italic | Etruscan
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Etruria
Date Made 400 BCE to 200 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Carnelian | Brass
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Warrior | Bow | Arrow | Perseus?
Description

Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (Modern swivel ring setting). Scarab: a warrior crouching to left, holding bow in left and arrow in right. Etruscan, IVth century B.C.?

Height 1.3 cm
Width 1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1783 - Sommerville Gem Number

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