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Object NameRing
Made FromGlass
Date299-1 BCE
Techniquecast, ground, polished
SizeRing Face H: 3.8 cm, W: 3.1 cm; Inlay H: 2.6 cm, W: 2 cm
Accession Number95.1.33
Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss
Curatorial Area(s)
Place Made
possibly Roman Empire
Physical DescriptionTransparent light bluish green (ring); black with opaque white overlay (inlay) glass; cast, ground, polished (ring); cast in two layers, cut and polished (inlay). Ring with oval finger hole; bezel has slightly concave oval area surrounded by broad beveled frame; band has D-shaped cross section. Bezel contains oval inlay with cameo decoration of biga racing to right, driven by female wearing chiton and himation, which billows out behind her head.
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