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Description: | A Roman copper alloy incomplete finger ring dating from AD 100 - 200. The back of the hoop is missing. The bezel is set with an oval gem intaglio (maybe red jasper). It is engraved with a seated figure of the goddess Ceres [the Greek Demeter] seated on a diphros, a throne without a back, and holding two ears of corn.The intaglio is probably Henig shape F2, and the ring is type V. There is much gilding surviving on both faces of the ring, which has angular shoulders, and narrows away from the bezel. Martin Henig has kindly commented on this ring and suggests for a parallel: M.Henig, A Corpus of Roman Engraved Gemstones from British Sites (second ed. 1978; 3rd edn.2007) pl. xxix no. App.134. Also compare LIN-E9821B, NMS-70E620, WAW-46A802 and ESS-3CAA42The ring is 23.2mm long, 13.3mm wide and 15.8mm thick. The setting is 11.1mm long and 9.3mm wide. 6.7g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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