Gem
Ring
29-128-1971
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1971 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Graeco-Roman Period |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Carnelian | Gold |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Goddess | Pax? | Torch | Weapons |
| Description | Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (Modern Gold Ring Setting) Broken across. An uncertain female divinity or personification standing to right, holding a branch in her right hand and a torch in her extended left. A pile of weapons ? appears in front of her. She is probably Pax burning the spoils of war. Graeco-Roman, in poor style showing extensive use of the wheel. |
| Height | 1 cm |
| Width | 1.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1971 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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