Gem
Ring
29-128-2347
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2347 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Italian |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location | Italy |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1500-1599 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Chalcedony | Onyx | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Heracles | Nemean Lion |
| Description | Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Modern gilt ring setting) Herakles slaying the Nemean lion. He is represented standing over the fallen animal, about to smite it with his club. Italian: 16th century. |
| Height | 0.6 cm |
| Width | 0.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2347 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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