Gem
Ring
| Object Number: | 29-128-1888 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Roman |
| Provenience: | Mediterranean |
| Period: | Imperial Roman Period |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Emerald Metal |
| Technique: | Intaglio |
| Iconography: | Ares Mars Cloak Spear Shield |
| Height: | 0.5 cm |
| Width: | 0.7 cm |
| Depth: | 0.2 cm |
| Credit Line: | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number: | 1888 - Sommerville Gem Number |
Description
Vermeule: Plasma of Emerald. Intaglio. (Modern gold ring setting) Ares (Mars) standing to left, his cloak over his left arm, spear held vertically in right and shield at his right side. Roman Imperial.
Bibliography:
| [Book] Berges, Dietrich K. 2002. Antike Siegel und Glasgemmen der Sammlung Maxwell Sommerville: im University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Mainz am Rhein. Verlag Philipp von Zabern. pg. 78 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 41, no. 150; taf. 30 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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