Gem
Swivel Ring
29-128-2028
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2028 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Imperial Roman Period |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Emerald | Silver |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Woman | Sword |
| Description | Vermeule: Emerald. Intaglio. (Modern silvered ring setting) A female standing to left, a sword in her left arm, a severed head in her extended right hand. Since the work is definitely Graeco-Roman, this is neither Judith or Salome. A province with the head of a captured Parthian or Dacian is undoubtedly intended. Graeco-Roman: Roman Imperial. |
| Height | 0.8 cm |
| Width | 1 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2028 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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