Gem

Swivel Ring

29-128-1911

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1911
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Date Made 50 BCE-400 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Red Jasper
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Hermes | Inscription
Description

Vermeule: Red Jasper. Intaglio. (Modern gilt swivel ring setting) Draped bust of Hermes to right, caduceus behind neck. Greek in field in front of him. Graeco-Roman.

Height 1.2 cm
Width 0.9 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1911 - Sommerville Gem Number

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