Harvard Art Museums > 2012.1.34: Ring Jewelry Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Ring , 2012.1.34,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 05, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/178241. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2012.1.34 Title Ring Other Titles Former Title: Finger Ring Classification Jewelry Work Type ring Date 8th-6th century BCE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Etruria Period Orientalizing period Culture Italic Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/178241 Physical Descriptions Medium Copper alloy Technique Cast, lost-wax process Dimensions 0.8 x 3 cm (5/16 x 1 3/16 in.) Technical Details Technical Observations: The patina is green with areas of red and brown. Several areas of the surface perfectly preserve the original condition of the metal. Surface loss to considerable depth has occurred in other areas. The ring is a solid cast from a wax model. The perfectly uniform shape and the precise, raised band on the outer edge point to the use of a mold to make the model. The raised band is 1.5 mm wide and 0.3 mm high. Some areas show wear. Henry Lie (submitted 2012) Provenance Recorded Ownership History The Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University (before 1970-2012), transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University Accession Year 2012 Object Number 2012.1.34 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Published Catalogue Text: Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Bronzes at the Harvard Art Museums The surface of this thick ring retains a polished finish. A raised ridge decorates the entire circumference of the exterior. The shape is slightly irregular. The diameter and thickness of this ring preclude it having been worn as a finger ring. Rings of similar size and thickness were sometimes worn on fibulae as decoration (1). NOTES: 1. See F. Jurgeit, Die etruskischen und italischen Bronzen sowie Gegenstände aus Eisen, Blei, und Leder im Badischen Landesmuseum Karlsruhe, Terra Italia 5 (Pisa, 1999) 609, nos. 1054-56, pl. 282. For two fibulae joined by chains with two amber rings on the larger fibula that are similar to the Harvard copper alloy ring, see J. M. Turfa, Catalogue of the Etruscan Gallery of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Philadelphia, 2005) 88-89, no. 11. Lisa M. Anderson Publication History John Crawford, Sidney Goldstein, George M. A. Hanfmann, John Kroll, Judith Lerner, Miranda Marvin, Charlotte Moore, and Duane Roller, Objects of Ancient Daily Life. A Catalogue of the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection Belonging to the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, ed. Jane Waldbaum, Department of the Classics (unpublished manuscript, 1970), M33, p. 165 [J. S. Crawford] Subjects and Contexts Ancient Bronzes Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu