| Object Number | 29-128-971 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Graeco-Roman Period |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ruby | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Child | Eros? |
| Description | Sommerville: Ruby. A child's head. Unique and rare. Gold Rings - Cameos, Case III. Vermeule: Ruby-Hyacinth. Cameo. (Modern gold ring setting) Appears to be broken on all sides. Bust of a child or Eros facing, head turned slightly to right. Graeco-Roman in excellent style. The head of the child or Eros resembles the Julio-Claudian infant of the Prima Porto statue of Augustus. Perhaps a personal portrait ringstone although Eros often appears in the guise of a Roman. |
| Height | 0.8 cm |
| Width | 0.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 971 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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