Gem
Ring
29-128-2505
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2505 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1799 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Agate | Silver |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Sacrificial Scene | Altar | Temple |
| Description | Vermeule: Banded Agate. Intaglio. (Modern silver ring setting). Group of seven figures moving to right, offering a sacrifice at an altar at the right. A tetra-style temple hung with garlands appears in the background. 18th, the design suggestive of a Roman Imperial coin type of the 1st or early 2nd century A.D. |
| Height | 2.4 cm |
| Width | 3 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2505 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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