Gem

Scaraboid

29-128-541

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-541
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture South Italian
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location South Italy
Period Late Classical Greek Period | Hellenistic Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sard
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Trophy | Armor | Greaves? | Weapons?
Description

Sommerville: Sard. Intaglio. A Trophy. Archaic. Etruscan Seals, Scarabei, Intaglios, and Rings, Case FF.

Vermeule: Intaglio. Sard. Scaraboid. Trophy on a pole, at the foot of which appears greaves or weapons. Southern Italy; Hellenistic.

Length 1.8 cm
Width 1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 541 - Sommerville Gem Number

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