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Ring
| Object Number: | 29-128-2423 |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Mediterranean |
| Period: | Post Classical |
| Date Made: | 1700-1899 |
| Early Date: | 1700 |
| Late Date: | 1899 |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Sardonyx Gold |
| Technique: | Cameo |
| Height: | 1.8 cm |
| Width: | 1.6 cm |
| Credit Line: | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number: | 2423 - Sommerville Gem Number |
Description
Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern gold ring setting) Laureate head of a bearded man to right. Features have no close parallel in antiquity, but are probably intended for a poet such as homer (though not of the blind type). 18th or 19th century.
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