Gem

Finger Ring

MS3360

Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery

From: Italy

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS3360
Current Location Rome Gallery - On Display
Culture Roman
Provenience Italy
Period Graeco-Roman Period | Republican Roman
Section Mediterranean
Materials Gold | Red Jasper
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Minerva | Spear | Shield
Description

Heavy ring with red jasper intaglio: Minerva Standing to right brandishing her spear and holding a shield in her left hand. Ringstone is original to setting.

Height 1.2 cm
Width 0.9 cm
Credit Line Museum Purchase; subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896
Other Number 23 - Other Number

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