Gem
Scarab
Swivel Ring
29-128-2087
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2087 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Italo-Etruscan |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Jasper | Metal |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Nereid | Flute | Trident | Dagger |
| Description | Vermeule: Intaglio. Scarab: Red jasper. (Modern gilt swiveled ring setting). A nereid-like figure, her body ending in a fish tail, appears to be blowing double flutes, all to the left. A trident and a dagger appear in the field. Cable border. Italo-Etruscan. |
| Height | 1.1 cm |
| Width | 1.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2087 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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