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finger-ring
;
gem
Object Type
finger-ring
gem
Museum number
1896,0201.100
Description
Gilded bronze finger-ring with glass setting; faceted hoop with fixed oval bezel made from a band of gilded sheet metal decorated with wire plaited into a continuous wreath; junction of hoop and bezel setting with beaded decoration; setting of convex green glass paste, possibly the backing of a gem which is now lost.
Cultures/periods
Cypro-Classical II
Production date
400BC-300BC
Production place
Made in:
Cyprus
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Turner Bequest Excavations, Curium
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Kourion
, 'Site B', tomb 10
Materials
gold
bronze
glass
Technique
gilded
filigree
plaited
Dimensions
Diameter:
2.30 centimetres
(hoop)
Length:
1.50 centimetres
(bezel)
Bibliographic references
Finger Ring / Catalogue of the Finger Rings, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman, in the Departments of Antiquities, British Museum
(1242)
Murray, Smith and Walters 1900 / Excavations in Cyprus
(p. 82, Tomb 10 no. 1; pl. XIII, fig. 23)
Kiely 2011a / Kourion
(10.3)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
From:
Turner Bequest Excavations, Curium
Funder name
Funded by:
Emma Tourner Turner
(bequest)
Acquisition date
1896
Department
Greek and Roman
Registration number
1896,0201.100
Conservation
Treatment
: 05 Oct 2009
Treatment
: 20 Nov 1984