Gem
Scarab
Swivel Ring
29-128-2089
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 29-128-2089 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Greek |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Manufacture Location | Akragas | Sicily | South Italy (uncertain) |
Period | Late Classical Greek Period | Hellenistic Period |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Agate |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Crab | Crescent |
Description | Vermeule: Intaglio. Striated grey agate-type stone. (Modern silvered swivel ring setting) Crab, above which appears a star on left and a crescent on right. Cable border. Plaster impression. South Italy; Hellenistic. |
Height | 1.6 cm |
Width | 1.4 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 2089 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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