Gem
Swivel Ring
29-128-1786
Location: On Display in the Etruscan Italy Gallery
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1786 |
| Current Location | Etruscan Italy Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Etruscan |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location | Etruria |
| Date Made | 4th c. BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Carnelian | Gold |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Heracles | Raft | Amphora |
| Description | Vermeule: Scarab. Intaglio. Carnelian. (Modern swiveled gilt ring setting) Herakles reclining to right, on a raft which is buoyed by five inflated skin amphorae. Line border. cf. 29-128-1756 > similar scene. Etruscan. |
| Height | 1.6 cm |
| Width | 1.1 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1786 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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