Gem

Ring

Stamp

Seal (Object)

29-128-1961

Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1961
Current Location Rome Gallery - On Display
Culture Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Graeco-Roman Period
Date Made 1st century -2nd century CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Carnelian | Gold
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Minerva | Rudder | Cornucopia
Description

Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (Modern gold ring setting) Winged Minerva standing to left, holding attributes of Goddess Fortuna, the rudder and corncucopia. Graeco-Roman.

Height 1.3 cm
Width 1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1961 - Sommerville Gem Number

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