Gem
Ring
29-128-2305
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2305 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Graeco-Roman Period |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Amethyst | Silver |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Bird |
| Description | Vermeule: Amethyst. Intaglio. (Modern Silver ring setting) A bird, resembling a wild turkey standing to right. Graeco-Roman, the stone quite curiously worked with a rough drill and the wheel. |
| Height | 1 cm |
| Width | 0.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2305 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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