Gem

Ring

29-128-2473

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2473
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Date Made 50 BCE-400 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Rock Crystal | Metal
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Heracles | Lion Skin
Description

Vermeule: Rock Crystal. Intaglio. (Modern gilt ring setting) Filleted bust of bearded Herakles left, lion's skin knotted about his neck. Graeco-Roman.

Height 1.7 cm
Width 1.4 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2473 - Sommerville Gem Number

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