Gem
Scarab
Swivel Ring
29-128-2087
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 29-128-2087 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Italo-Etruscan |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Jasper | Metal |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Nereid | Flute | Trident | Dagger |
Description | Vermeule: Intaglio. Scarab: Red jasper. (Modern gilt swiveled ring setting). A nereid-like figure, her body ending in a fish tail, appears to be blowing double flutes, all to the left. A trident and a dagger appear in the field. Cable border. Italo-Etruscan. |
Height | 1.1 cm |
Width | 1.7 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 2087 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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