An ancient Greek ring depicting a seated Persian inspecting an arrow. Dating to 5th century BCE, it is inscribed with the name “Athenades” which is possibly the name of the rings owner or maker.
An ancient Greek ring depicting a seated Persian inspecting an arrow. Dating to 5th century BCE, it is inscribed with the name “Athenades” which is possibly the name of the rings owner or maker.
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its housed at the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg
https://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/digital-collection/25.+archaeological+artifacts/862038
OP, yet another high-quality, fascinating post.
I guess belonged to someone that fabricated bows and arrows? Or sold them maybe?
So awesome to see the touch of truly artistic thought 2500 years after it thunk..
Jewellery pieces dating centuries ago always fascinated me, considering I wouldn’t even know how to go about making something like this with materials and equipment from the supermarket yet alone with the extremely limited resources they had back then.
QA/QC?
Tunic and trousers depicted with great detail. Fascinating.
Are we sure it is a ring?
Look at the back of it. If you wore this on your fingers, the image of the Persian would be rotated 90 degrees – they wouldn’t be upright.
Seems like a weird orientation to depict a person.
I think because the object seems to be carved into the metal this could be a seal that was used to seal documents leaving the negative relief imprint on the signed object.
Because I’m not an expert, i lack the proper words.