Gem
Scarab
29-128-1756
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1756 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Etruscan |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location | Etruria |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Carnelian |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Heracles | Raft |
| Description | Intaglio. Scarab. Modern swiveled gilt ring setting. Carnelian. Herakles reclining to right on a raft which is buoyed with five inflated skin amphorae. Line border. |
| Length | 1.6 cm |
| Width | 1.1 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1756 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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