Ring, intaglio

Description

Rhenish intaglio ring of sardonyx and iron, from Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh, 27 BC - 14 AD

Museum reference

X.FT 97

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Ring, intaglio

Date

27 BC - 14

Style / Culture

Romano-British

Materials

Sardonyx, Iron

Physical description

Sardonyx, in remains of an iron ring; carving represents head of a Greek warrior

Collection place(s)

Holyrood Park, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Associations

D.S. Archibald, 2/3 Lady Nairn Crescent, Edinburgh 8

On display

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