Gem
Ring
29-128-1069
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1069 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sardonyx | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Lucius Annaeus Seneca |
| Description | Sommerville: Sardonyx. Seneca, the rhetorician. Gold and Bronze Rings - Cameos, Case PPP. Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern silver ring setting) Bust of a bearded Roman facing slightly to left, and wearing a cloak pinned with a brooch on the left shoulder. The features are those of a man of Ca. A.D. 150-200; Sommerville terms him Seneca. Neo-Classic. |
| Height | 1.7 cm |
| Width | 2.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1069 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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