Gem
Ring
29-128-1629
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1629 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Graeco-Roman Period |
| Date Made | 50 BCE-400 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sardonyx | Metal |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Harpocrates | Cornucopia |
| Description | Vermeule: Sardonyx. Intaglio. (Modern gilt ring setting) Infant god Harpocrates standing to left, holding cornucopia and placing his right hand to his lips in a gesture interpreted by the Romans as that of silence. Graeco-Roman. |
| Height | 1 cm |
| Width | 0.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1629 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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