Ring
Finger Ring
MS3357
Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery
From: Italy
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS3357 |
| Current Location | Rome Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Italy |
| Period | Imperial Roman Period |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Gold |
| Technique | Gilded | Engraved | Inscribed |
| Iconography | Child | Inscription |
| Inscription Language | Latin Language |
| Description | Small ring. A naked child, prone, grasps hoop, left arm forward, right arm around and under hoop. Exterior of hoop finely engraved (herringbone pattern?). On interior is incised a Latin inscription: DIO SERVATA MEO. |
| Height | 1.8 cm |
| Width | 1.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Museum Purchase; subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896 |
| Other Number | 20 - Other Number |
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