Gem
Scaraboid
29-128-1808
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1808 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Etruscan |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location | Etruria |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Carnelian |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Horses | Crescent | Star |
| Description | Vermeule: Intaglio. Carnelian. (Modern swiveled gilt ring setting) Two horses standing to left, a crescent above, a star below the horses. The Heavenly Twins, Castor and Pollux may be intended. Etruscan. |
| Length | 1.4 cm |
| Width | 0.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1808 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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