Gem

29-128-2017

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2017
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Christian
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Early Christian
Date Made 300-500 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Carnelian | Gold
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Lamb | Bush
Description

Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (Modern gilt ring setting) A lamb standing to right, a bush in front of it. Early Christian IV or V A.D.

Height 1.4 cm
Width 1.1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2017 - Sommerville Gem Number

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