Gem
Scaraboid
29-128-950
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-950 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Republican Roman Period |
| Date Made | 499-400 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Amethyst |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Tarquinius Superbus | Soothsayer |
| Description | Sommerville: Amethyst. Tarquinius Superbus, son-in-law of Servius Tullius. Gold Rings - Intaglios, Case HHH. Vermeule: Amethyst. Intaglio. (Gold modern setting) and impression. Italo-Roman scarab shaped stone. Etruscan soothsayers performing divination rites. For Neo-Classic interpretation see Sommerville p.731. |
| Height | 1.5 cm |
| Width | 1.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 950 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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