Gem
Scarab
Swivel Ring
29-128-2090
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2090 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | North Syrian |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location | North Syria |
| Period | Hellenistic Period |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Amethyst | Silver |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Priest | Staff | Bird | Altar |
| Description | Vermeule: Amethyst: scarab. Intaglio. (Modern silver swiveled ring setting) A priest in Syrian or East Greek costume standing to left, holding a staff-like object in his raised right hand. A bird on an altar appears at the left and two indeterminate objects are seen in the field. North Syrian of the Hellenistic Period? |
| Height | 1.1 cm |
| Width | 1.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2090 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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