Gem

Ring

29-128-576

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-576
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Byzantine | Medieval | Post Classical
Date Made 1800-1880
Section Mediterranean
Materials Jasper | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Crucifixion | Inscription
Description

Sommerville: Egyptian Jasper. A ring. Crucifixion. Byzantine with gold letters, sixth century A.D. Byzantine, Case II.

Vermeule: Egyptian Jasper. Cameo. (Modern Gold Ring Setting). Scene of the crusifiction., two kneeling figures arranged symmetrically either side of the cross. Inlaid gold lettering INRI. Gold inlay beneath feet of Christ. Termed by Sommerville Bysantine, VIth A.D. and undoubtedly medieval.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 576 - Sommerville Gem Number

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