Gem
Ring
29-128-1886
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1886 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Imperial Roman Period |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sard | Gold |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Aesop? | Philosopher |
| Description | Vermeule: Sard. Intaglio. (Modern gilt ring setting) Laureate draped bust of a bearded philosopher left. Features resemble those of the well-known marble bust of Aesop in Villa Albani, Rome. Graeco-Roman. |
| Height | 1.5 cm |
| Width | 1.1 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1886 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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