Gem
Ring
29-128-1023
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1023 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1600-1699 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sardonyx | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Heracles | Iole | Heracles | Hellenistic Ruler? | Nero? |
| Description | Sommerville: Sardonyx. Hercules and Iole. Gold and Silver Rings - Cameos, Case MMM. Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern gold ring setting) Jugate busts of Herakles and a Hellenistic ruler or the Emperor Nero, facing to left. Herakles wears his lionskin. 17th century ? |
| Height | 1.8 cm |
| Width | 1.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1023 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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