Seal Ring

9th-10th century (Medieval)

2.3 cm 1.3 cm 2.4 cm

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This gold seal ring has four lines of Greek inscription in reverse on the oval bezel. The monograms and decorative vine scrolls on the shoulder are done in niello.The mandators (literally "messengers") were Byzantine state officials employed for special missions such as acting...

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28054
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normalized
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F. A. Harman Oates, London, by purchase; Sale, Sotheby's, London, February 20, 1929, lot 14; Léon Gruel, Paris, 1929, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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11
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