Gem

29-128-543

Location: On Display in the Etruscan Italy Gallery

From: Italy | Etruria | Tarquinia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-543
Current Location Etruscan Italy Gallery - On Display
Culture Etruscan
Provenience Italy | Etruria | Tarquinia
Manufacture Location Etruria
Date Made 5th c. BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Onyx
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Griffin
Description

Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx. Etruscan Ring, with scarabeus, found in an excavation near Cornetto. Etruscan Seals, Scarabei, Intaglios, and Rings, Case FF.

Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. (Ancient swivel ring setting). Griffin springing to left, in cable border. Said by Sommerville to have been found in an excavation near Corneto (now re-named Tarquinia). Etruscan.

Height 1.6 cm
Width 1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 543 - Sommerville Gem Number

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