Gem
Ring
29-128-1881
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1881 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Graeco-Roman Period |
| Date Made | 50 BCE-400 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Jasper | Gold |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Athena | Helmet |
| Description | Vermeule: Red Jasper. Intaglio. (Modern Gold Ring Setting) Bust of Athena to left, wearing a crested helmet and aeges about her neck. The design is a free version of gems and plaques copying the Athena Parthenos of Pheidies. Graeco-Roman. |
| Height | 1.1 cm |
| Width | 1.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1881 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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