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finger ring

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Upphovsman: <presImageByline>Kaneberg, Ove
Upphovsrätt: <presImageCopyright> Statens museer för världskultur
Licens: <mediaLicense> Licens
Typ <itemType> Objekt/föremål
Datering <presTimeLabel> Byzantine [ring], Roman [intaglio]
Description <itemDescription>
  • The hoop, massive, rounded and irregulary circular, was open below and roughly welded together. The bezel is surrounded on the outside by a worn tooth-pattern and contains an oval cornelian with an intaglio figure of Hermes. The god is represented standing, nude and looking to his left, with kerykeion and money-pouch. In the field above the latter is a star.
Inventory number <itemDescription>
Acquisition <itemDescription>
  • From the collection of Carl Kempe, 1990.
Comments <itemDescription>
  • Earlier inv.nr. CK 373.
    The intaglio represents a type of Hermes which was popular in the Late Hellenistic and Roman times, whereas the ring has the identical form with that of a gold finger ring from...

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Condition <itemDescription>
  • Ring slightly irregular.
Dimensions <itemDescription>
  • Ø 2.6 cm, L. of bezel 2.0 cm.
Utställning / ingår i <itemDescription>
Exhibition / Previously <itemDescription>
Exhibition, Part of / Current <itemDescription>
  • Guldrummet 2022, Italien
Exhibition, Part of / Previously <itemDescription>
  • Guldrummet - Showcase 11:03.
Händelse <context>
  • Insamlad av Kempe, Carl.
  • Brukad Byzantine [ring].
Material, engelska<itemMaterial>
Gold
Carnelian
Metal
Nyckelord <itemKeyWord>
  • Byzantine [ring]
  • Roman [intaglio]
Mått <itemMeasurement>
  • Length / Längd: 2 cm.
  • Diameter: 2,6 cm.
  • Width / Bredd: 1,6 cm.
Object<itemName>
finger ring
Ämne <subject>
  • Kulturhistoria
Inventory number <itemNumber>
Rättigheter för metadata <itemLicense> Licens
Källa <presOrganization> Statens museer för världskultur - Medelhavsmuseet
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