Inscribed finger rings from late antique and Byzantine Asia Minor

In this short paper we present thirteen metal rings from the museums of Izmir (nos. 3-4 and 9-10), Afyonkarahisar (no. 5), Bergama (nos. 6 and 8), Ödemiş (no. 7), Trabzon (no. 11), and Balıkesir (no. 13), dating mainly from the late antique and middle Byzantine periods. Two of these rings (nos. 2 an...

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Main Authors: Lafli, Ergün, Buora, Maurizio
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Language:deu
Published: MEGA Publishing House 2021-07-01
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Online Access:https://cercetari-arheologice.ro/articol/ca28-1-09/
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description In this short paper we present thirteen metal rings from the museums of Izmir (nos. 3-4 and 9-10), Afyonkarahisar (no. 5), Bergama (nos. 6 and 8), Ödemiş (no. 7), Trabzon (no. 11), and Balıkesir (no. 13), dating mainly from the late antique and middle Byzantine periods. Two of these rings (nos. 2 and 12) belong to the private collection of Mr Koray Selçik and one (no. 1) belongs to the private collection of Ms Berna Oğuz, both of whom reside in Kemalpaşa near Izmir. Only no. 3 was previously published. Most of these rings bear Christian inscriptions, and belong to the late antique period; nos. 12 and 13 seem to date from the middle Byzantine age. Nos. 3, 6 and 7 contain an appeal to God for the salvation or cure. No. 9 is particularly interesting because it expresses one’s devotion to Longinos, a popular late antique and Byzantine saint. Other rings, nos. 2, 4 (with a monogram), 5, and 8 (with a monogram), bear personal names of their owners. No. 1 may be a gift to a girl, called ‘beautiful’.
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spelling doaj.art-e638dda39ef0468796ade5cf0efdbfef2022-12-21T23:11:41ZdeuMEGA Publishing HouseCercetări Arheologice0255-68122021-07-0128123324610.46535/ca.28.1.09Inscribed finger rings from late antique and Byzantine Asia MinorLafli, Ergün0Buora, Maurizio1Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, Edebiyat Fakültesi, Arkeoloji Bölümü, IzmirUdineIn this short paper we present thirteen metal rings from the museums of Izmir (nos. 3-4 and 9-10), Afyonkarahisar (no. 5), Bergama (nos. 6 and 8), Ödemiş (no. 7), Trabzon (no. 11), and Balıkesir (no. 13), dating mainly from the late antique and middle Byzantine periods. Two of these rings (nos. 2 and 12) belong to the private collection of Mr Koray Selçik and one (no. 1) belongs to the private collection of Ms Berna Oğuz, both of whom reside in Kemalpaşa near Izmir. Only no. 3 was previously published. Most of these rings bear Christian inscriptions, and belong to the late antique period; nos. 12 and 13 seem to date from the middle Byzantine age. Nos. 3, 6 and 7 contain an appeal to God for the salvation or cure. No. 9 is particularly interesting because it expresses one’s devotion to Longinos, a popular late antique and Byzantine saint. Other rings, nos. 2, 4 (with a monogram), 5, and 8 (with a monogram), bear personal names of their owners. No. 1 may be a gift to a girl, called ‘beautiful’.https://cercetari-arheologice.ro/articol/ca28-1-09/finger ringsinscribed gemstonesinscribed bezelsinvocations of godpersonal namessigillographylate antiquityearly byzantine periodmiddle byzantine periodizmirasia minorturkey
spellingShingle Lafli, Ergün
Buora, Maurizio
Inscribed finger rings from late antique and Byzantine Asia Minor
Cercetări Arheologice
finger rings
inscribed gemstones
inscribed bezels
invocations of god
personal names
sigillography
late antiquity
early byzantine period
middle byzantine period
izmir
asia minor
turkey
title Inscribed finger rings from late antique and Byzantine Asia Minor
title_full Inscribed finger rings from late antique and Byzantine Asia Minor
title_fullStr Inscribed finger rings from late antique and Byzantine Asia Minor
title_full_unstemmed Inscribed finger rings from late antique and Byzantine Asia Minor
title_short Inscribed finger rings from late antique and Byzantine Asia Minor
title_sort inscribed finger rings from late antique and byzantine asia minor
topic finger rings
inscribed gemstones
inscribed bezels
invocations of god
personal names
sigillography
late antiquity
early byzantine period
middle byzantine period
izmir
asia minor
turkey
url https://cercetari-arheologice.ro/articol/ca28-1-09/
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