Gem
29-128-538
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-538 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Italo-Etruscan |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sard |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Old Man | Altar |
| Description | Sommerville: Sard. An intaglio. A Devotee before a shrine. Above, the symbol of divine recognition. Etruscan Seals, Scarabei, Intaglios, and Rings, Case FF. Vermeule: Intaglio. Sard. Unmounted. An old man leaning on a staff, approaching a small shrine at right. He holds an offering in his extended right hand. Italo-Etruscan. |
| Length | 0.8 cm |
| Width | 0.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 538 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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