Gem
Ring
29-128-2136
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2136 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Gnostic | Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Late Antique Period |
| Date Made | 50 BCE-400 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Red Jasper | Gold |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Jupiter Serapis | Cerberus | Aeternitas | Symbols |
| Description | This Gnostic gem depicts the Graceo-Egyptian god Serapis enthroned and attended by Demeter. Reverse: Pseudo-Egyptian hieroglyphs, magic symbols and abbreviations. |
| Height | 2.5 cm |
| Width | 2.1 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2136 - Sommerville Gem Number | 1709 - Sommerville Amulet/Talisman Number |
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