Gem

Ring

29-128-2085

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 29-128-2085
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Late Republican Period
Date Made 50 BCE-400 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx | Silver
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Lion | Boar | Tree
Description

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Intaglio. (Modern silver ring setting) A lion to right, feeding on the carcass of a slain boar; rocky ground beneath and a small tree at left. Graeco-Roman, in a very good, crisp Hellenistic style.

Height 1.1 cm
Width 0.9 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2085 - Sommerville Gem Number

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