Gem
Scarab
29-128-1756
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 29-128-1756 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Etruscan |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Manufacture Location | Etruria |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Carnelian |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Heracles | Raft |
Description | Intaglio. Scarab. Modern swiveled gilt ring setting. Carnelian. Herakles reclining to right on a raft which is buoyed with five inflated skin amphorae. Line border. |
Length | 1.6 cm |
Width | 1.1 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 1756 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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