Gem

Ring

29-128-2005

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 29-128-2005
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Graeco-Roman Period
Date Made 50 BCE-400 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Carnelian | Gold
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Dionysiac Symbol | Goat | Vase of Life | Cornucopia
Description

Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (Modern gold ring setting) A collection of Bacchic and other symbols: a goat kneels to right, below flowering "vase of life," a cornucopia appears at the left. Graeco-Roman.

Height 1.3 cm
Width 1.1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2005 - Sommerville Gem Number

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