finger-ring
- Museum number
- 1917,0501.276
- Description
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Gold finger-ring showing the ceremony of joining hands at a marriage (dextratrum iunctio).
- Production date
- 2ndC-3rdC
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 2.40 centimetres
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Length: 1.80 centimetres (bezel)
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Weight: 23.64 grammes
- Curator's comments
- Bibliography:
Hersch K. 2010, The Roman wedding: ritual and meaning in Antiquity (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press).
Rawson B. ed. 1991, Marriage, divorce, and children in ancient Rome (Oxford: Oxford University Press).
Treggiari S. 1991, Roman marriage (Oxford: Oxford University Press).
- Location
- On display (G69/dc1)
- Acquisition date
- 1897
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1917,0501.276
