Gem
Ring
29-128-2152
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2152 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Renaissance |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Green Jasper |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Attila | Inscription |
| Description | Vermeule: Striated Green Jasper. Cameo. (Modern silver ring setting) Bust of Attila to right. The features are extremely exaggerated; in fact they are little more than a caricature. An inscription ATTILA REX surrounds the head. Design is copied and inspired by Byzantine syle coins of Atilla. |
| Height | 3.1 cm |
| Width | 2.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2152 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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