Details
A Byzantine gold ring
Of stirrup outline, the integral bezel engraved with hieroglyphics in beaded outer border, the sides of the bezel and the sides of the hoop engraved with notched decoration, Eastern Mediterranean, 12th/13th century
Of stirrup outline, the integral bezel engraved with hieroglyphics in beaded outer border, the sides of the bezel and the sides of the hoop engraved with notched decoration, Eastern Mediterranean, 12th/13th century
Provenance
Excavated by Sir Arthur Evans in Sicily in 1887 who gave it to his sister, Dame Joan Evans