Gem
Ring
29-128-1815
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1815 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1700-1799 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sard | Metal |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Warriors | Ajax? | Achilles? |
| Description | Vermeule: Pale yellow sard. Intaglio. (Modern gilt ring setting) Kneeling warrior with circular shield, wears Corinthian helmet and carries spear over right shoulder. Falls right. Wears a Hellenistic cuirass and a sheathed sword hands from side. Perhaps also Ajax, cf. the previous (1064). 18th century, in pseudo-Italic style. |
| Height | 1.5 cm |
| Width | 1 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1815 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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