Intaglio gem set in a gold ring: the goddess Roma holds a figure of Victory
On displayDetails
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Title
Intaglio gem set in a gold ring: the goddess Roma holds a figure of Victory
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Associated place
Rome (place of purchase) -
Date
1st - 2nd century AD (AD 1 - 200) -
Material and technique
gold, burnt cornelian
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Object type
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Dimensions
0.93 cm (length)
0.73 cm (width)
2.28 cm (diameter)
4.77 g (weight) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Presented by C. D. E. Fortnum, 1897.
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Museum location
Ground floor | Gallery 13 | Rome -
Museum department
Antiquities
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Accession no.
ANFortnum.FR.157
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Further reading
Scarisbrick, Diana and Taylor, Gerald, Finger rings from Egypt to the present day (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1978), no.135, p.38
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