Gem
Ring
29-128-1975
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1975 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical | 18th century | 19th century |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Carnelian |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Tears of Achilles | Achilles | Patroclus |
| Description | Vermeule: Banded Agate. Intaglio. (Ring Setting). Neo-classical copy of celebrated cameo known as "Tears of Achilles" now in the E.P. Warren collection in Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Achilles mourns Patroclus. |
| Height | 2.9 cm |
| Width | 2.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1975 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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