intaglio; finger-ring

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Object Type: intaglio; finger-ring
Museum number: 1856,0425.29
Description: Intaglio; green jasper; sheaf of corn or palm-tree between two birds, behind each of which is a palm-branch; inscribed; in gold ring.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1810-1820 (circa)
Production place: Made in: Greece
Materials: jasper; gold
Technique: engraved; intaglio
Dimensions: Length: 0.75 inches
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Text from Dalton 1915, Catalogue of Engraved Gems: The character of the letters points to a comparatively late date, when the word dymou (Greek characters) would usually mean one of the factions of the Circus at Constantinople. in that case, the first word might represent a name, Anastasius, and bear no relation to the resurrection of the dead. Published: DACL, Paris, 1924, col 850, no 235, fig 5105.
Bibliographic references: Dalton 1901 / Catalogue of Early Christian Antiquities and Objects from the Christian East in the Department of British and Medieval Antiquities and Ethnography of the British Museum (83); Dalton 1915 / Catalogue of the Engraved Gems of the Post-Classical Periods in the Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography in the British Museum. (548); Finney 2003 / Abbé James Hamilton: Antiquary, Patron of the Arts, Victorian Anglo-Catholic (25); Howells 2015 / A Catalogue of the Late Antique Gold Glass in the British Museum (p.20)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: bird; nut/seed; plant; tree/bush
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1856
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1856,0425.29

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