Gem
Intaglio
29-128-570
Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-570 |
| Current Location | Rome Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Roman | Gnostic |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Late Antique Period |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Hematite |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Demeter | Greek Inscription |
| Description | Sommerville: Hematite. Intaglio. Obverse, Minerva. Reverse, inscription. Abraxas, Gnostic Gems, Etc, Case HH. Vermeule: Hematite. Intaglio. (Unmounted). A divinity or personification, perhaps Demeter, standing to left, holding ears of corn? and sceptre staff. Inscription obverse OE N EXEGROS. Reverse Phi Delta Omega Rho Omicron Sigma 1956 Exhibition #304. "Gnostic" |
| Height | 1.7 cm |
| Width | 1.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 570 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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