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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1977.216.2123.14
Title
Ring
Classification
Jewelry
Work Type
ring
Date
8th-5th century BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Argolis, Heraion (Argolis)
Period
Geometric period to Classical
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/198567

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Copper alloy
Technique
Cast, lost-wax process
Dimensions
2.7 x 0.3 cm (1 1/16 x 1/8 in.)
3.25 g
Technical Details

Technical Observations: The surface is mostly covered with brown burial accretions, with spots of green showing through. The object is irregular in diameter, which may indicate that the wax model was formed by rolling.


Henry Lie (submitted 2002, updated 2014)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, deposited by Professor J. M. Paton
Accession Year
1977
Object Number
1977.216.2123.14
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Published Catalogue Text: Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Bronzes at the Harvard Art Museums
The size of this plain ring with rounded section is suitable for a finger ring, but other functions, such as a ring handle, cannot be excluded (1). The ring is heavily corroded and encrusted with earth.

NOTES:

1. For similar rings, see H. F. de Cou, “The Bronzes of the Argive Heraeum,” in The Argive Heraeum 2, ed. C. Waldstein (Boston, 1905) 191-332, esp. 252, groups I and II.


Susanne Ebbinghaus

Subjects and Contexts

  • Ancient Bronzes

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Verification Level

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