Gem
Pendant
29-128-2146
Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2146 |
| Current Location | Rome Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Late Antique Period |
| Date Made | 2nd century |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Red Jasper |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Jupiter Serapis | Kalathos | Cornucopia | Victory | Dolphin | Inscription |
| Description | Vermeule: Red Jasper. Intaglio. (Modern gilt pendant setting) Bust of Zeus Serapis with kalathos facing left, cornucopia in front of him, a small Victory holding out a wreath behind him, a dolphin beneath him. (Symbol of eternity). |
| Height | 1.8 cm |
| Width | 1.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2146 - Sommerville Gem Number | 1714 - Sommerville Amulet/Talisman Number |
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