Gem

29-128-13

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-13
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Graeco-Roman Period
Date Made 50 BCE-400 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Hands
Description

Sommerville: Chalcedony. Plighted hands, from an ancient betrothal ring. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case B.

Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. [unmounted] Two clasped hands. A popular Graeco-Roman composition., in this case probably symbolizing domestic felicity.

Length 0.8 cm
Width 0.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 13 - Sommerville Gem Number

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