Gem
29-128-543
Location: On Display in the Etruscan Italy Gallery
From: Italy | Etruria | Tarquinia
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-543 |
| Current Location | Etruscan Italy Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Etruscan |
| Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Tarquinia |
| Manufacture Location | Etruria |
| Date Made | 5th c. BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Chalcedony | Onyx |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Griffin |
| Description | Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx. Etruscan Ring, with scarabeus, found in an excavation near Cornetto. Etruscan Seals, Scarabei, Intaglios, and Rings, Case FF. Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. (Ancient swivel ring setting). Griffin springing to left, in cable border. Said by Sommerville to have been found in an excavation near Corneto (now re-named Tarquinia). Etruscan. |
| Height | 1.6 cm |
| Width | 1 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 543 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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