Gem
Ring
29-128-2172
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2172 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Graeco-Roman Period |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Chalcedony | Onyx | Silver |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Woman | Veil | Demeter? |
| Description | Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Modern Silvered Ring Setting) Veiled draped bust of a Roman lady to the right. She appears also to be wearing a wreath in her hair. A Goddess such as Demeter is perhaps intended. Graeco-Roman. |
| Height | 1.5 cm |
| Width | 1.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2172 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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