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Gem

Ring

Object Number:29-128-1990
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Roman
Provenience: Mediterranean
Period: Imperial Roman Period
Section:Mediterranean
Materials:Sardonyx
Silver
Technique:Intaglio
Iconography:Fortuna
Cornucopia
Rudder
Height: 0.9 cm
Width: 1.3 cm
Credit Line:Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number:1990 - Sommerville Gem Number

Description

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Intaglio. (Modern silvered ring setting) Fortuna standing to the left, a cornucopia on her left arm, a rudder in her right hand. Roman Imperial, well carved.

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