Gem
Scarab
Ring
29-128-951
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-951 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Northern Syrian |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location | Syria (uncertain) |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Chalcedony | Gold |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Osiris |
| Description | Sommerville: Chalcedony. Osiris, the principal Egyptian divinity, husband of Isis. Gold Rings - Intaglios, Case HHH. Vermeule: Chalcedony. Scaraboid. Intaglio. (Modern Gilt Ring Setting) Ithiphallic(?) figure in Syrian type headress standing to right, a whip in the raised right hand. Egyptian type hieroglyphs left and right. North Syrian? |
| Height | 1.6 cm |
| Width | 1.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 951 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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