Gold Ring with an Intaglio of Kassandra in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2011

Title: Gold ring with intaglio of Kassandra

Medium; Technique: Gold

Culture: Greek

Period: Classical

Date: ca. 400–380 B.C.

Dimensions: H. of bezel 13/16 in. (2 cm)

Classification: Gems

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1953

Accession Number: 53.11.2

Description:

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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