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Source Description
This ring has a hollow hoop and an oblong bezel engraved with a griffin in profile, on the left, and a lion in profile, on the right, facing each other. The animals are separated and surrounded by a segmented line. Rings like this one are ultimately of Egyptian origin but were popular in Etruria in the late 7th and 6th centuries BCE.
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Document identity
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15706
label
Ring Engraved with a Griffin and a Lion
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object
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Source metadata
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15706
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normalized
title
Ring Engraved with a Griffin and a Lion
description
This ring has a hollow hoop and an oblong bezel engraved with a griffin in profile, on the left, and a lion in profile, on the right, facing each other. The animals are separated and surrounded by a segmented line. Rings like this one are ultimately of Egyptian origin but were popular in Etruria in the late 7th and 6th centuries BCE.
provenance
Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [as part of the so-called ""Jugoslavian Treasure""]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
6th century BCE (Archaic)
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CC0
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en
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Gold, Silver & Jewelry
seals (artifacts)
rings
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2
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2
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import
dimensionsRaw
Max. Diam: 15/16 in. (2.4 cm)
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gold
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6291
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ROM
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2513
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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8c98c4e39e8faa9a
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no
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2
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photo
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da785be407c77587
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