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A Roman Inscribed Silver Ring with Greek Ownership Inscription
2019
The purpose of this note is to make known a fragmentary inscribed silver ring. The object, which was acquired on the UK antiquities market and is now in a private collection in Spain, now consists of only the bezel, the hoop having broken off. This bezel, in the form of a shallow lens with roughly circular base, is engraved directly on the convex face (intaglio) with two lines of text in Greek above a floral motif.
A Sicilian Amulet in Madrid and its Tradition
2021
The apotropaic images and texts of the amulet here published show that it belongs to a small group of amulets known from late Roman Sicily.