Gem
Finger Ring
29-128-1611
Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1611 |
| Current Location | Rome Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Late Republican Roman Period |
| Date Made | 2nd half of 1st century BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Gold | Chalcedony (uncertain) | Sard (uncertain) |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Sphinx |
| Description | Vermeule: Chalcedony (or possibly burnt Sard) Intaglio. (Ancient beaten gold ring setting) Sphinx crouching right. Possbile Greek workmanship. |
| Height | 1.4 cm |
| Width | 2.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1611 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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