| Object Number | 29-128-585 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location | Western Mediterranean |
| Period | Byzantine | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1700-1899 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Jasper | Gold |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Christ | Crown of Thorns |
| Description | Sommerville: Egyptian Jasper. A curious Byzantine intaglio of Christ Crowned with Thorns, sixth century A.D. Byzantine, Case II. Vermeule: Egyptian Jasper. Intaglio. (Modern Gold Pendant Setting). Christ crowned with thorns; half-figure bust. Right hand raised in benediction. Setting enriched with fish right and left; palm below. Termed by Sommerville "A curious Byzantine intaglio". Perhaps 18th or 19th Century. |
| Height | 1.4 cm |
| Width | 1.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 585 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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