Object Number | 29-128-892 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Roman |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Imperial Roman Period |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Emerald |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Ceres | Demeter | Sceptre | Corn | Wheat |
Description | Sommerville: Emerald. Ceres, with a stalk of wheat in hand. Intaglios and Their Imprints, Case DDD. Vermeule: Emerald. Intaglio. (Unmounted ringstone) Demeter (Ceres) -? - standing to the left, a sceptre staff in her raised left hand, ears of corn in her right. A plant appears at the left. Roman Imperial. |
Height | 1 cm |
Width | 1.5 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 892 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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