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Cast Gem with Scylla attacking a Sailor set into a Ring
Creator
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- second half of 1st century B.C.
- Medium
- Gem: glass; ring: gold
- Culture
- Roman
- Department
- Jewelry
- Institution
- Getty Museum
Cast glass gem (probably F1) inset into a gold ring. Glass with image of Scylla, in a three-quarter view, grasping a sailor and striking him with a rudder. A central white stripe along the black glass horizontally cuts across the scene.
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