Intaglio ringstone with image of Athena or Minerva
- Description
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This ‘intaglio’ ringstone shows the Greek goddess Athena or Roman goddess Minerva. She is wearing a plumed helmet and a Greek style of tunic, and is holding a spear and shield. It is an unusual design as it has a palm and wreath in the field of the gem, as these are usually carried by a smaller figure of Victory often depicted standing on Athena’s hand. Ringstones were set into a finger ring and could be used as a personal seal on documents. It belonged to Lieutenant Colonel Montague who collected over 800 classical archaeological objects, which he bequeathed to the museum on his death.
- Accession Loan No.
- 5/1946/712
- Collection Class
- Foreign archaeology
- Common Name
- intaglio ringstone with image of Athena or Minerva
- Simple Name
- ringstone
- Full Name
- intaglio ringstone depicting Athena/ Minerva
- Dimensions
- length 10 mm; W 9 mm
- Cultural Group
- Roman
- Period Classification
- Roman Imperial - 31 BC-476 AD
- Production Year Low
- 100
- Production Year High
- 300
- Family Group
- Material
- chalcedony
- Collector / Excavator
- Montague, LAD, Lieutenant Colonel
- Collection Continent
- Europe