Gem
Ring
29-128-1079
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1079 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1700-1880 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sardonyx | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Sophocles |
| Description | Sommerville: Pale Sardonyx. Sophocles, the Greek dramatist. Gold and Bronze Rings - Cameos, Case PPP. Vermeule: Pale Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern gold ring setting) Bust of a man in high relief, he faces slightly left. Sommerville identifies the subject as "Sophocles the Greek dramatist," but the features seem to be those of a Roman portrait bust of the mid-II A.D. Later XVIIIth or XIXth century. |
| Height | 2.5 cm |
| Width | 1.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1079 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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