Gem
Ring
29-128-2455
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2455 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Graeco-Roman Period |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Glass Paste | Gold |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Kore? | Queen? |
| Description | Vermeule: Glass paste, imitating blue Onyx. Intaglio. (Modern gold ring setting) Laureate, draped, veiled head to right, of a Greek divinity such as Kore, or more likely, a Hellenistic Queen is represented. Graeco-Roman, copy of a Greek work of the IIIrd B.C. or later. |
| Height | 1 cm |
| Width | 1.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2455 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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