Gem
Seal (Object)
29-128-1286
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1286 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Paste |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Marriage | Youth | Hands |
| Description | Sommerville: Antique paste seal. A matrimonial alliance. Antique Pastes, Case ZZZ. Vermeule: Glass paste; imitating Onyx. Intaglio. (Unmounted) Bust of a youth to right, surmounting two clasped hands. Two objects looking like entwined branches appear to the left and to the right. Graeco-Roman, probably a ringstone used in connection with a marriage. |
| Length | 1.1 cm |
| Width | 1 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number | 1286 - Sommerville Number |
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