Gem

Ring

29-128-909

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-909
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Imperial Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx | Gold
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Bonus Eventus | Grain | Libation Dish
Description

Sommerville: Sard. The Bonus Eventus, patron of agriculture. Rude but antique and interesting. Gold Rings - Intaglios, Case EEE.

Vermeule: Sard. Intaglio. Bonus Eventus standing to left, holding ears of corn in left hand, a sacrificial dish in outstretched right. Cursory Roman work showing strong evidences of cutting with the wheel. Probably dated in II or III century A.D. Graeco-Roman.

Height 1.2 cm
Width 0.8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 909 - Sommerville Gem Number

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