Gem
Ring
29-128-1039
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1039 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Graeco-Roman Period |
| Date Made | 50 BCE-400 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Gold |
| Technique | Relief |
| Iconography | Isis | Zeus-Serapis | Harpocrates |
| Description | Sommerville: Cameo in gold. Jupiter Serapis, Isis, and Horus. Gold and Silver Rings - Cameos, Case NNN. Vermeule: Gold ring (ancient) with raised design. Facing busts of Isiac Triad; on left, appears goddess Isis; on right Zeus Serapis, in center the child Horus or Harpocrates, cable border. The divinities are represented in their Graeco-Roman cult forms, reflecting statues in Alexandria, Rome and elsewhere. Graeco-Roman. |
| Height | 2.2 cm |
| Width | 2.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1039 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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