Gem

Marriage Ring

29-128-1077

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1077
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Graeco-Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Gold
Technique Relief
Iconography Hands | Foliage
Description

Sommerville: Gold. An alliance or matrimonial ring, in ancient virgin gold. Gold and Bronze Rings - Cameos, Case PPP.

Vermeule: (Gold Ring) The upper part in form of two clasped hands springing from foliage. Graeco-Roman marriage ring.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1077 - Sommerville Gem Number

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