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Gem

Ring

Object Number:29-128-1634
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Roman
Provenience: Mediterranean
Period: Late Roman Period
Section:Mediterranean
Materials:Carnelian
Silver
Technique:Intaglio
Iconography:Anubis
Height: 0.9 cm
Width: 1.2 cm
Credit Line:Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number:1634 - Sommerville Gem Number

Description

Vermeule: Carnelian: Scarab. Intaglio. (Modern silver swiveled ring setting) Anubis seated to right, a staff in his extended right hand. Later Graeco-Roman, imitating the Graeco Egyptian style.

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