Gem
Ring Setting
29-128-1885
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1885 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Date Made | 50 BCE-400 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Onyx | Metal |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Heracles |
| Description | Vermeule: Onyx. Intaglio. (Ancient gilt bronze ring setting) Laureate bust of bearded Herakles to right. Part of the ring has been restored in modern times. cf 2041 for similar composition. Graeco-Roman. |
| Height | 1.2 cm |
| Width | 1.1 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1885 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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