Gem

Ring

29-128-923

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-923
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period 18th century | 19th century
Section Mediterranean
Materials Gold | Sardonyx
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Golden Ass
Description

Sommerville: Maculated Sard. Lucius the Golden Ass, with the two brothers, servants of Thyasus of Corinth. Gold Rings - Intaglios, Case FFF.

Vermeule: Pale sard, with striations. (gold swivel ring setting) Sommerville "Lucius the Golden Ass, with the two brothers, servants of Thyasus of Corinth," here represented when being instructed to stand upright by one of the servants of Thyasus. Roman Republican.

Height 1.9 cm
Width 1.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 923 - Sommerville Gem Number

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