Gem
Ring
29-128-1849
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1849 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Date Made | 50 BCE-400 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Agate |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Satyr | Boar | Rustic Sacrifice |
| Description | Vermeule: Banded Green Agate-type stone. Intaglio. (Modern gold ring setting) Satyrs scrubbing the carcass of a boar and preparing a rustic sacrifice. Graeco-Roman work comparable to the Begram plaques. |
| Height | 1.6 cm |
| Width | 1.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1849 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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