Gem

Ring

50-1-127B

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 50-1-127B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Roman Period (uncertain)
Section Mediterranean
Materials Stone | Gold
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Hippocanth
Description

Plain, narrow band broadening toward bezel. Pale yellow, oval gem 0.009 x 0.006 m. on whose flattened surface is engraved a hippocamp advancing to left.

Outside Diameter 1.8 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. R. Hare Davis, 1950

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