Gem
Ring
29-128-2085
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2085 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Late Republican Period |
| Date Made | 50 BCE-400 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sardonyx | Silver |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Lion | Boar | Tree |
| Description | Vermeule: Sardonyx. Intaglio. (Modern silver ring setting) A lion to right, feeding on the carcass of a slain boar; rocky ground beneath and a small tree at left. Graeco-Roman, in a very good, crisp Hellenistic style. |
| Height | 1.1 cm |
| Width | 0.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2085 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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