Gem
Seal (Object)
29-128-528
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-528 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Etruscan |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location | Etruria |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Chalcedony | Onyx |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Odysseus? | Philoctetes? | Heroes |
| Description | Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx. An Etruscan Scarabeus, with intaglio. Etruscan Seals, Scarabei, Intaglios, and Rings, Case FF.
Vermeule: Italo-Etruscan. Seal. Chalcedony-onyx. Unmounted. Two heroes in a scene from Trojan Wars; Odysseus and Philoctetes on island of Lemnos. A cancer above. Cable border. |
| Length | 2.6 cm |
| Width | 2 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 528 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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