Gem
Scarab
Swivel Ring
29-128-1817
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1817 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Greek |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location | South Italy |
| Period | Late Classical Greek Period |
| Date Made | 450-400 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sard | Gilded |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Heracles | Stymphalian Birds |
| Description | Vermeule: Intaglio. Sard. Scarab. (Modern gilt swivel ring setting) Herakles shooting the Stymphalean birds. Cable border. South Italian; 4th century B.C. |
| Length | 2.1 cm |
| Width | 1 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1817 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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