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29-128-892

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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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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