Intaglio gem set in an iron ring, eagle perching on an altar

Details

• Title

  Intaglio gem set in an iron ring, eagle perching on an altar

• Associated place

  Europe › Bulgaria (near Rustchuk) (find spot)

  Europe › United Kingdom › England › Greater London › London (place of purchase)

• Date

  2nd century AD (AD 101 - 200)

• Material and technique

  iron, jasper

• Object type

  miscellaneous equipment › ornament › gem

• Dimensions

  1.8 cm [bezel] (width)
  1.4 cm (diameter)
  7.62 g (weight)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by C. D. E. Fortnum, 1897.

• Museum location

  Ground floor | Gallery 13 | Rome

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  ANFortnum.FR.163

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