| Object Number | 29-128-893 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Graeco-Roman Period |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Carnelian |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Silenus | Maenad | Initiate |
| Description | Sommerville: Carnelian. Group of Silenus, a Bacchante, and a Candidate for admission to the Bacchic mysteries. An intaglio. Intaglios and Their Imprints, Case DDD.
Vermeule: Sard. Intaglio. (Ringstone - unmounted) A scene of Bacchic initiation. Silenus receiving a candidate for admission to Dionysiac mysteries in the presence of a Maehad who stands holding a thrysus at the left; a column at right. Graeco-Roman. |
| Height | 1.5 cm |
| Width | 1.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 893 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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