Aegean and Cypro-Aegean Non-Sphragistic Decorated Gold Finger Rings of the Bronze Age

By (author) I. Pini

Book cover: Aegean and Cypro-Aegean Non-Sphragistic Decorated Gold Finger Rings of the Bronze Age

Extent: 76 pages

Publisher: Peeters Publishers

Subjects: Mediterranean Archaeology

Series: Aegaeum (Annales d'archéologie égéenne de l'Université de Liège et UT-PASP)

Series volume number: 31

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(December 2010)

ISBN: 9789042925090

Price: $75.00

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For the Aegean Bronze Age gold finger rings immediately call to mind the many gold signet rings and impressions thereof on clay sealings from both Crete and the Greek mainland; such items continue to be found in new excavations. The numerous seal impressions demonstrate that the rings were primarily used for administrative purposes. These are excluded from the present study, which focuses instead on the non-sphragistic decorated finger rings that occur less frequently. It also encompasses rings from Cyprus that are somehow related to examples from the Aegean.

  • By (author) I. Pini