Gem
Ring
Intaglio
29-128-908
Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-908 |
| Current Location | Rome Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Graeco-Roman Period |
| Date Made | 1st century BCE - 1st century CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Gold | Jacinth |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Cybele | Lions | Throne |
| Description | Sommerville: Jacinth. Cybele, or Berecyntia, also known as Madre Montagna, "the mountain mother," also as Madre Magna, "great mother." Gold Rings - Intaglios, Case EEE. Vermeule: Jacinth. Intaglio. (Modern gilt ring setting) Cybele enthroned, facing. Graeco-Roman. |
| Height | 1.8 cm |
| Width | 1.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 908 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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