Gem
Ring
29-128-1902
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1902 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Graeco-Roman Period |
| Date Made | 50 BCE-400 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Carnelian | Gold |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Eros | Tyche-Fortuna | Butterfly | Psyche |
| Description | Vermeule: Three Carnelian stones in a modern gilt ring setting. Intaglio. From top to bottom: Intaglio. 1. Eros kneeling to left, hands tied behind him. Bow and quiver hang from tree in front of him. 2. Tyche-Fortuna reclining left, on couch. 3. Butterfly holding a scroll, probably symbolic of Psyche. Graeco-Roman. |
| Length | 10 cm |
| Width | 9 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1902 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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