Gem

Scaraboid

29-128-1808

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1808
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Etruscan
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Etruria
Section Mediterranean
Materials Carnelian
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Horses | Crescent | Star
Description

Vermeule: Intaglio. Carnelian. (Modern swiveled gilt ring setting) Two horses standing to left, a crescent above, a star below the horses. The Heavenly Twins, Castor and Pollux may be intended. Etruscan.

Length 1.4 cm
Width 0.9 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1808 - Sommerville Gem Number

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