Gem
Ring
29-128-1612
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1612 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Lapis Lazuli |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Horus | Snake | Vase |
| Description | Vermeule: Lapis (Egypt) Intaglio. (Modern silvered ring setting) Horus seated to right on a vase with snakes? below. He holds whip in right hand and left to the mouth. Although uninscribed, the subject appears in typical Gnostic composition. |
| Height | 0.7 cm |
| Width | 1 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1612 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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