Gem
Ring
29-128-1107
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1107 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1750-1880 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sardonyx | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Marcus Agrippa |
| Description | Sommerville: Sardonyx. Marcus Agrippa, general under Augustus and grand admiral. Gold Rings - Cameos, Case RRR. Vermeule: Mottled agate. Cameo. (Modern gold ring (reset) Mount) Male head to left. The features are based on a Julio Claudian coin portrait, probably Agrippa (died 12 B.C. the son-in-law of Augustus). Later 18th or more likely 19th century. |
| Height | 3.2 cm |
| Width | 2.1 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1107 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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