Gem
Scarab
Swivel Ring
29-128-2089
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2089 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Greek |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location | Akragas | Sicily | South Italy (uncertain) |
| Period | Late Classical Greek Period | Hellenistic Period |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Agate |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Crab | Crescent |
| Description | Vermeule: Intaglio. Striated grey agate-type stone. (Modern silvered swivel ring setting) Crab, above which appears a star on left and a crescent on right. Cable border. Plaster impression. South Italy; Hellenistic. |
| Height | 1.6 cm |
| Width | 1.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2089 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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