Gem

Ring

29-128-2236

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2236
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Graeco-Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Onyx | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Julio-Claudian Prince
Description

Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Modern Gold Ring Setting) Laureate head of an imperial personage facing to right. The features are those of a young Prince of the Julio-Claudian period ca. 20-40 A.D. Graeco-Roman?

Height 1.3 cm
Width 1.6 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2236 - Sommerville Gem Number

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