Gem
Ring
29-128-2042
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2042 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1700-1899 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Amethyst | Gold |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Woman | Inscription |
| Description | Vermeule: Amethyst. Intaglio. (Modern gold ring setting) Draped bust of woman to right. Inscription in Greek letters "ADMON." She has a headdress in the style of Roman Empresses of the time of Julia Domna and the wives of Elagabalus. Probably 18th or 19th in good imitation of an ancient portrait gem. |
| Height | 1.7 cm |
| Width | 2.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2042 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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