Gem
Swivel Ring
29-128-1729
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1729 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Sassanian |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Chalcedony | Metal |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Bird |
| Description | Vermeule: Chalcedony. Intaglio. (Modern swiveled ring setting) Stamp seal: Bird of indeterminable variety walking to right. Design seems to be a debased version of the raven of Apollo from classical gems. Sassanian. |
| Height | 1.9 cm |
| Width | 1.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1729 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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