Category:
Personal equipment, jewelry, finger rings
Date:
Graeco-Roman Period, Roman Period (31 BCE-395 CE)
Provenance:
Lower Egypt, Alexandria, Eastern Harbor (Excavations of the year 2000)
Material(s):
Non-organic material, metal, gold
Length:
2.24 cm;
Width:
2.29 cm;
Thickness:
1.03 cm;
Weight:
8.5 gr
Hall:
Submerged Antiquities, showcase M1
The information given here is subject to modification/update as a result of ongoing research.
References
- Ägyptens versunkene Schätze: 5. April 2007-27. Januar 2008, Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn (Heidelberg: Vernissage, 2007): 335, 425.
- André Bernand and Franck Goddio, L'Égypte engloutie: Alexandrie, Sciences et Vie (Paris: Tania; London: Arcperiplus, 2002): 142.
- Franck Goddio and Manfred Clauss, eds., Egypt’s Sunken Treasures, photographs by Christoph Gerigk (London: Prestel, 2006): 384, 454.
- Franck Goddio and David Fabre, Trésors engloutis d’Égypte, photographs by Christoph Gerigk (Milan: 5 Continents, 2006): 264-265, 313.
- Zahi Hawass, ed., Bibliotheca Alexandrina: The Archaeology Museum (Cairo: The Supreme Council of Antiquities, 2002): 105.
- Zahi Hawass and Franck Goddio, Cleopatra: The Search of the Last Queen of Egypt (Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, 2010): 164.
- Mona Serry, ed., Bibliotheca Alexandrina: Antiquities Museum, introduction by Ismail Serageldin (Alexandria: Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Antiquities Museum, 2015): 303, 339.