Gem

Ring

29-128-902

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-902
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Graeco-Roman Period
Date Made 50 BCE-400 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Gold | Sardonyx
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Isis | Hygieia-Felicitas | Caduceus | Snake
Description

Sommerville: sard. Isis, the Egyptian goddess of the Earth and afterward of the Moon. Gold Rings - Intaglios, Case EEE.

Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (Modern gold ring setting) Hygieia-Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and snake. Graeco-Roman.

Height 1.2 cm
Width 0.9 cm
Depth 0.3 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 902 - Sommerville Gem Number

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