Gem
Ring
29-128-1095
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1095 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Imperial Roman Period |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ruby | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Vespasian |
| Description | Sommerville: Ruby. Domitian, eleventh Emperor of Rome. There are six small holes pierced through this ruby by which it was attached to a garmet in the first century. Gold and Bronze Rings - Cameos, Case QQQ. Vermeule: Amethyst "ruby." Cameo. (Modern gold ring setting) Broken on right side. Laureate bust of the Emperor Vespasian, facing to right. Roman Imperial, undoubtedly by a gem engraver who was connected with the die-cutters of the Imperial Mint. |
| Height | 0.8 cm |
| Width | 0.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1095 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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