Gem
Ring
29-128-1612
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 29-128-1612 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Roman |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Lapis Lazuli |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Horus | Snake | Vase |
Description | Vermeule: Lapis (Egypt) Intaglio. (Modern silvered ring setting) Horus seated to right on a vase with snakes? below. He holds whip in right hand and left to the mouth. Although uninscribed, the subject appears in typical Gnostic composition. |
Height | 0.7 cm |
Width | 1 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 1612 - Sommerville Gem Number |
Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.