Object Number | 29-128-882 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Graeco-Roman |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Graeco-Roman Period |
Date Made | 50 BCE-400 CE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Sard |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Raven | Crocodile | Insect |
Description | Sommerville: Sard. A fanciful antique seal. Insects, Birds, and Crocodiles. Intaglios and Their Imprints, Case CCC. Vermeule: Sard. Intaglio. (Unmounted) A raven standing to right, with spread wings flanked by two crocodiles left and right, two insects above and below. Graeco-Roman. The lizards or crocodiles perhaps referring to the worship of Dionysus-Sabazios; the raven, of course, refers to Apollo. Graeco-Roman. |
Height | 1.2 cm |
Width | 1.4 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 882 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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