Gold swivel ring with agate scaraboid, Archaic II Cypriot jewelry — Gold swivel ring with agate scaraboid, Archaic II Cypriot, c. 599–400 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 74.51.4209.Open Access by the MET

Archaic II

Gold swivel ring with agate scaraboid

Two seated roaring lions with a plant between them. 1/4 × 5/8 × 5/16 in. (0.6 × 1.6 × 0.8 cm) Diameter: 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm)

Classification

Object type: Jewellery
Motifs: Lion, Other plants and flowers
Materials: MetalGold, StoneSemi-precious stone
Period: Iron AgeCypro-ArchaicCypro-Archaic II
Date: 599 - 400 BC

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Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

From Cyprus

References

Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1877. Cyprus: Its Ancient Cities, Tombs, and Temples. A Narrative of Researches and Excavations During Ten Years' Residence in That Island. pl. xxxvii, 14, London: John Murray.Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1903. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 3. pl. XXV, 15, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 4209, p. 419, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Identifiers

Accession no.: 74.51.4209, Metropolitan Museum of Art
In catalogues: Myres 1914, no. 4209

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