Gem
Scaraboid
Ring
| Object Number: | 29-128-2068 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Italic |
| Provenience: | Mediterranean |
| Period: | Hellenistic Period |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Sard Gold |
| Technique: | Intaglio |
| Iconography: | Ibis |
| Height: | 2.1 cm |
| Width: | 1.8 cm |
| Credit Line: | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number: | 2068 - Sommerville Gem Number |
Description
Vermeule: Sard, scaraboid. Intaglio. (Modern gilt ring setting) Ibis? standing to right, his head turned in other direction. Greek.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Cameo and Intaglio: Engraved Gems from the Sommerville Collection (30 Nov 1956 - 31 Mar 1957) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Berges, Dietrich K. 2002. Antike Siegel und Glasgemmen der Sammlung Maxwell Sommerville: im University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Mainz am Rhein. Verlag Philipp von Zabern. pg. 78 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 26, no. 36; taf. II; taf. 10 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Vermeule, Cornelius C. 1956. The Sommerville Gem Collection of the University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: no. 53 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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