Gem
Ring
29-128-2269
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2269 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Early Christian |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sardonyx | Gold |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Fish | Inscription |
| Description | Vermeule: Sardonyx. Intaglio. (Modern gold ring setting) Inscribed ICTHUS, two fish, one above, other below. The word "fish" and the symbol was a popular E.C. monogram for name and titles of the Savior. Early Christian. |
| Height | 1.5 cm |
| Width | 1.1 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2269 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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