Gem
Ring
29-128-1865
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1865 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1700-1799 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sardonyx | Chalcedony | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Warrior | Shield | Gorgoneion | Ajax? |
| Description | Vermeule: Sardonyx-Chalcedony in four layers. Cameo. (Modern gold ring setting). Kneeling warrior facing left carries shield with gorgoneion on it. cf 1815. Subject perhaps represents Ajax preparing to commit suicide. 18th century. |
| Height | 1.9 cm |
| Width | 1.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1865 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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