Finger Ring

31-50-251

Location: On Display in the Eastern Mediterranean Gallery

From: Israel | Beth Shean

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 31-50-251
Current Location Eastern Mediterranean Gallery - On Display
Provenience Israel | Beth Shean
Archaeology Area CN 266 A; low level, Class K
Locus C.N. 266 A, low level
Period Byzantine
Date Made 300-700 CE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Bronze
Technique Incised
Iconography Virgin Mary | Child | Inscription
Description

With an oval bezel bearing the incised figures of the Virgin Mary and Child. Alongside the figures are words. Part of ring missing.

Height 2.4 cm
Length 2.3 cm
Width 1.6 cm
Outside Diameter 2.4 cm
Credit Line Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1931
Other Number 30-10-240 - Field No SF

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