Gem

Ring

29-128-1984

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1984
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Graeco-Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx | Silver
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Gryllos | Cock | Bearded Man
Description

Vermeule: Sardonyx: broken slightly across top. (Modern silver ring setting) Gryllus cock running to left. Its chest is in the form of a bearded male head. Gryllos Graeco-Roman.

Height 1 cm
Width 1.6 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1984 - Sommerville Gem Number

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