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Source Description
The hoop is flattened to produce a flat, diamond-shaped bezel engraved with a sphinx and swan with spread wings in a hatched border ending in palmettes. A break and mend are visible running through the middle of the bezel.
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Document identity
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9302
label
Silver Ring with Flattened Hoop
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obj
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object
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Source metadata
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9302
sourceUrl
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object
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normalized
title
Silver Ring with Flattened Hoop
description
The hoop is flattened to produce a flat, diamond-shaped bezel engraved with a sphinx and swan with spread wings in a hatched border ending in palmettes. A break and mend are visible running through the middle of the bezel.
provenance
Joseph Brummer, New York [Yugoslavian treasure]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
late 6th century BC
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CC0
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en
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rings
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6
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diam: 1 in. (2.5 cm)
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silver
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6291
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ROM
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2513
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