Ring with Greek Inscription

Creator

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Creation Date

5th–7th centuries

Geography

Eastern Mediterranean

Culture

Byzantine

Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

Widest diameter of the hoop: 1 1/16 in.
Narrowest diameter of the hoop: 7/8 in.
Height of the bezel: 3/8 in.

Credit Line

Bequest of David P. Harris ('46), 2020

Accession Number

2020.101

Provenance

Purchased by David P. Harris from Julia Schottlander (Tetragon) in London on June 13, 1992.

Condition

The ring is highly corroded; it was conserved with Araldite.

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

This ring is inscribed on the bezel with a common Christian invocation, in Greek, ΚΥΡΙΕ / ΒΟΗΘΙ (Lord help).

References

Brad Hostetler, with Ani Parnagian, "From Private to Public: The Collection of David P. Harris," in Ethiopian Objects in the Blick-Harris Study Collection: Art, Context, and the Persistence of Form, eds. Brad Hostetler, and Lynn Jones, Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art & Architecture 8, no. 1 (Spring 2022): 5–25. https://digital.kenyon.edu/perejournal/vol8/iss1/1/