Gem
Ring
29-128-2044
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2044 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Imperial Roman Period |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Carnelian | Gold |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Man | Woman | Priam? | Hecuba? | Hellenistic Ruler? |
| Description | Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (Broken and set in modern gilt ring setting) Jugate bust to right, of an elderly bearded man with fillet in hair and a woman beyond him. Perhaps representing Priam and Hecuba, but man's features resemble those of a Hellenistic ruler. Graeco-Roman. |
| Height | 1.9 cm |
| Width | 1.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2044 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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