Gem
Ring
29-128-2031
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2031 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Imperial Roman Period |
| Date Made | 50-199 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Carnelian | Silver |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Eagle | Thunderbolt |
| Description | Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (Modern silver ring setting) An eagle standing looking to left. The object beneath his talons may be a thunderbolt. Graeco-Roman, the design very similar to that in Roman decorative art of the late I and II A.D. |
| Height | 0.8 cm |
| Width | 0.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2031 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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