| Object Number | 29-128-882 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Graeco-Roman Period |
| Date Made | 50 BCE-400 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sard |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Raven | Crocodile | Insect |
| Description | Sommerville: Sard. A fanciful antique seal. Insects, Birds, and Crocodiles. Intaglios and Their Imprints, Case CCC. Vermeule: Sard. Intaglio. (Unmounted) A raven standing to right, with spread wings flanked by two crocodiles left and right, two insects above and below. Graeco-Roman. The lizards or crocodiles perhaps referring to the worship of Dionysus-Sabazios; the raven, of course, refers to Apollo. Graeco-Roman. |
| Height | 1.2 cm |
| Width | 1.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 882 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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