Gem
Ring
29-128-2191
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2191 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Italian |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location | Italy |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sardonyx | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Emperor? | Diadem | Lion Skin | Caracalla? |
| Description | Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern gold ring setting) Diademed bust to right of a bearded ruler; he appears to wear lion's skin about his neck. Features suggest those of Caracalla (A.D. 198-217) as seen on Roman medallions such as the gold examples from the Aboukir find. Italian work of 18th or earlier 19th century. |
| Height | 2.3 cm |
| Width | 1.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2191 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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