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CIVILIZATION | Near Eastern |
PERIOD | Sasanian |
DATE | circa 224-651 A.D. |
MATERIAL | Gold, Garnet |
MOUNTED | No |
Wide-shouldered solid gold ring tapering and threaded through loops at each end of the raised oval bezel, set with a garnet intaglio engraved with the bust of a bearded man in profile to the left, his hair encircled by a diadem, the bust trimmed with wings. Ring size 4; Weight 7.5g
Content Collection, England, 1970s.
Acquired by the previous owner from the above.
cf. Göbl, R.; Der Säsändische Siegelkanon, tbl. 5, type 7a; and Henig, M.; Classical Gems, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, p. 185, no. 407, for a parallel.
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CATEGORY | Near Eastern |
PERIOD | Sasanian |
DATE | circa 224-651 A.D. |
MATERIAL | |
MOUNTED | No |