Gem
Medical Amulet
Ring
29-128-2145
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2145 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Roman | Gnostic |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Late Antique Period |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Green Jasper | Silver |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Snake | Inscription |
| Description | Green Jasper. Intaglio. (Modern silvered ring setting) A snake with radiate crown perched on a cista or basket. Inscription. Reverse: Common symbol - a vertical stroke crossed by 3 reversed curves. (Reverse described this obverse not exact but similar.) A medical amulet. |
| Height | 1.9 cm |
| Width | 1.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2145 - Sommerville Gem Number | 9 - Other Number |
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