Gem
Ring
29-128-1042
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1042 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | 16th Century |
| Date Made | 1500-1599 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Iron | Sardonyx |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Commodus |
| Description | Sommerville: Pale Sardonyx. Commodus, 18th Emperor of Rome. Gold and Silver Rings - Cameos, Case NNN. Vermeule: Cameo. Pale Sardonyx. [moden iron ring setting] filleted draped bust of a bearded man, perhaps intended as a 2nd century AD roman emperor, facing to left. "Commodus" 16th century |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1042 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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