Gem

Ring

29-128-2051

Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 29-128-2051
Current Location Rome Gallery - On Display
Culture Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Graeco-Roman Period
Date Made 1st century -2nd century CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Onyx | Bronze
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Eagle | Star | Inscription
Description

Vermeule: Onyx. Intaglio. (Ancient gilt brass ring setting) Gray Jasper. Head of eagle to right, star above. Inscribed around field I.C.A.P.M. Graeco-Roman.

Height 0.8 cm
Width 0.8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2051 - Sommerville Gem Number

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