Gem
Swivel Ring
29-128-912
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-912 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Graeco-Roman Period |
| Date Made | 50 BCE-400 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sard |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Heracles | Lernean Hydra |
| Description | Sommerville: Sard. Hercules fighting the Lernean Hydra, which had nine heads - the second of the twelve Labors of Hercules. Gold Rings - Intaglios, Case EEE. Vermeule: Sard. Intaglio. (Modern swiveled gold ring setting) Herakles fighting the Lernean Hydra. He is beating at the nine heads with his club. Graeco-Roman. |
| Height | 1.1 cm |
| Width | 1 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 912 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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