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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