This heavy gold ring is decorated with a depiction of Kassandra, King Priam's most beautiful daughter, before the Palladion, the cult statue of Athena in Troy. The reversed lettering of Kassandra's name indicates that the ring was intended to be used as a seal.
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Title:Gold ring with intaglio of Kassandra
Period:Classical
Date:ca. 400–380 BCE
Culture:Greek
Medium:Gold
Dimensions:H. of bezel 13/16 in. (2 cm)
Classification:Gems
Credit Line:Rogers Fund, 1953
Object Number:53.11.2
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Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1987. Greece and Rome. no. 58, p. 78, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Williams, Dyfri and Jack Ogden. 1994. Greek Gold: Jewelry of the Classical World. no. 16, pp. 62–63, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
Bodel, John P. and Stephen Tracy. 1997. Greek and Latin Inscriptions in the USA : A Checklist. p. 193, Rome: American Academy in Rome.
Raftopoulou, Eliana G. 2000. "A Fine Example of Toreutic Art from Epirus." From the Parts to the Whole: Acta of the 13th International Bronze Congress held at Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 28 - June 1, 1996, Carol Mattusch, Amy Brauer, and Sandra E. Knudsen, eds. p. 160 n. 24, Portsmith, R.I.: Journal of Roman Archaeology.
Richter, Gisela M. A. 2006[1956]. Catalogue of Engraved Gems of the Classical Style: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman, 2nd edn. no. 80, p. 22, pl. 14, Rome: L'Erma di Bretschneider.
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