“Gold finger-ring; hoop of twisted wire intertwined with beaded wire and terminating on each side in two serpents' heads, which emerge from under a rosette at either end; the bezel is in the form of a frog lying at full length, with head half-hidden beneath one of the rosettes.”
“Gold ring with a frog between snake-heads. The hoop consists of three plain twisted wires with beaded wires laid along the channels. There is a corrugated sheet collar at either end, from which emerge two snake-heads. Between each pair of snake-heads is a rosette with spiral-beaded wire borders. The bezel of this unusual ring takes the form of a frog, made from a die-formed gold sheet with a plain back sheet. The frog's back legs grasp the pair of snake-heads behind it.”
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Finger Ring (with #Frog & #Serpents)
Western Greek, 400-350 BCE
Gold, L 1.70 cm, Dia. 1.30/1.80 cm, 3.04g
British Museum 1872,0604.52 www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
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