Gem
Ring
29-128-2441
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2441 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1600-1699 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sardonyx | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Roman Emperor | Pupienus |
| Description | Vermeule: Sardonyx in red and green. Cameo. (Modern gold ring setting) Laureate draped cuirassed bust of an imperial person facing to left. The features resemble those of the Emperor Pupienus (A.D. 238) as preserved on his coins. 17th century? |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2441 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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