Roman Finger rings

Een vondstverhaal van het Meldpunt Archeologie Utrecht / PAN-regio centraal (Utrecht) waarin verschillende Romeinse gemstenen uit de collectie van het Provinciaal Utrechts Genootschap (PUG) worden besproken. Deze vondsten zijn in het kader van het onderzoeksproject 'Constructing the Limes' van de Universiteit Utrecht gedigitaliseerd in PAN door de vrijwilligers van de ArcheoHotspot in Castellum Hoge Woerd.

Dit verhaal verscheen digitaal op:

- ArcheoHotspots: https://archeohotspots.nl/verhalen/romeinse-gemstenen-minuscule-meesterwerken

- Utrecht Altijd: https://www.utrechtaltijd.nl/verhalen/romeinse-gemstenen-minuscule-meesterwerken/

Fortress of St. Michael. There are a total of 18 items, of which 5 are combs and 13 are hairpins, which also includes cosmetic pins which were used to form hairstyles. They were generally found as grave goods and they are analyzed typologically; most may be dated from the first to fourth centuries.

U članku se obrađuju ukosnice, toaletne igle i češljevi iz zbirke Muzeja grada Šibenika, pronađeni na lokalitetima Danilo Gornje, Danilo - Šematorij, Danilo - Katun, Skradin - Đardin, Skradin - Maraguša, Velika Mrdakovica, Srima - Prižba i Šibenik - tvrđava Sv. Mihovil. Riječ je o ukupno 18 predmeta, od kojih je pet češljeva i 13 ukosnica, među koje su uključene i toaletne igle korištene pri oblikovanju frizura. Pronađeni su uglavnom kao grobni prilozi, obrađeni su tipološki, a većinu ih se može datirati između 1. i 4. st.This article deals with hairpins, cosmetic pins and combs from the collection of the Šibenik City Museum, discovered at the sites of Danilo Gornje, Danilo-Šematorij, Danilo Katun, Skradin-Đardin, Skradin-Maraguša, Velika Mrdakovica, Srima-Prižba and Šibenik- Fortress of St. Michael. There are a total of 18 items, of which 5 are combs and 13 are hairpins, which also includes cosmetic pins which were used to form hairstyles. They were generally found as grave goods a...

Rezumat: Subiectul acestui articol priveşte un inel de fier care are montată o bijuterie de sardonix cu reprezentarea zeiţei Ceres, descoperit întâmplător în primăvara anului 2019, pe teritoriul satului Tibru, comuna Cricău, judeţul Alba. Oraşul este situat în zona de vest a Depresiunii Transilvaniei, la poalele Munţilor Trascău, o subdiviziune a Carpaţilor Occidentali. Piesa fusese donată de un localnic care a descoperit-o întâmplător, lângă izvorul pârâului Tibru, care izvorăşte din Munţii Trascău şi se varsă în valea Galda, care la rândul său se varsă în râul Mureş (Maris). Aceasta se constituie într-o importantă arteră hidrografică a Daciei romane. De-a lungul timpului, în satul Tibru, au fost descoperite urme de locuire romană dintr-o vilă rustică, un relief votiv şi un altar închinat Dianei, un altar votiv închinat lui Jupiter Optimus Maximus şi alte artefacte. În bibliografie inelul prezintă o datare largă, specifică secolelor I-III p.Chr., dar, în opinia noastră, bijuteria poate fi datată în secolul al II-lea p.Chr. datorită execuţiei fine a imaginii gravate a zeiţei şi a numeroaselor detalii legate de veşminte.

This paper analyzes 140 Roman cosmetic or pharmaceutical glass vessels from the Roman Period Collection of the Archaeological Museum of Istria. Most of the selected objects belong to the Museum’s permanent display, but some other ones are also included. The objects are either complete or with minor damages and are dated to the period between the 1st and 4th centuries AD. They include balsamarii of various forms, mold-blown and free-blown vials, handled cups, amphoriskoi and one pyxis. These objects are analyzed based on their form (related to their purpose and to how, when and where they were made) and their contents and social contexts, if known. They mostly come from the workshops in Northern Italy and Northern Adriatic; some of them come from the Eastern Mediterranean and very few of them from Western European provinces. The balsamarii selected here offer an insight into the main routes of trade in cosmetic and pharmaceutical preparations that Roman Istria was part of.

The paper studies six small relief glass bottles in the shape of date fruit, unearthed in grave contexts in the broader Zadar area. They are part of a larger group of anthropomorphic, zoomorphic and phytomorphic glass artefacts produced in the course of the 1st and 2nd centuries. These are artefacts blown in two-part moulds with a subsequently worked neck and rim, and a body covered with wavy folds imitating the skin of ripe dates. Depending on whether the ribbing was more stylised or more realistic, such artefacts are classified into two variants: hyperrealistic and stylised specimens. The realistic appearance of many small bottles in the shape of date fruit, which is partly due to their ornamental relief style, and also partly their colour, which is mostly yellowish, brown, brown-red or amber, has led certain authors to the conclusion that real fruit was used for the production of the moulds. Their popularity, or rather the popularity of their content, is confirmed by their wide d...

En este breve trabajo se presentan un sigillum/signum cerámico utilizado para producir obleas con el fin de usarlas en el ritual cristiano litúrgico visigodo y el significado eclesiástico de la leyenda que se conserva parcialmente, que parece evidente hace mención a la Santa Virgen María, de modo que sería la primera ocasión en que su advocación aparece, ya en el s. VII d.C. en la parte oriental del Reino Visigodo toledano. Explico su decoración, morfología y significado ideológico paleocristiano, también el significado y valor de su aparición en un contexto de culto cristiano con existencia de un edificio sacro para el mismo. This short work presents a ceramic sigillum / signum used to produce wafers, in order to use them in the Visigothic Christian liturgical ritual and the ecclesiastical meaning of the legend that is partially preserved, what seems evident makes mention of the Santa Virgen María, so that it would be the first time that her invocation appears, already in the VII c...

This paper presents two unusual and curious types of glass objects,
finely crafted juglet-shaped pendants from the southern necropolis of Pećine, found in skeletal children’s graves, dated into the second half of the 4th century. Pendants (C-68, C-9144) are part of the Viminacium collection, kept in the National Museum in Požarevac. They were made of dark-green/black opaque and blue translucent glass, around a removable glass rod, probably in workshops producing glass beads, with the use of similar techniques. They are exceptional, both technologically and aesthetically, and therefore stand out compared to most published examples.

Das Motiv des Handschlags findet sich sowohl im öffentlichen als auch im privaten Kontext in zwei Varianten: Darstellung von Personen, die sich die Hände reichen, sowie die auf die beiden rechten Hände verkürzte Darstellung. Durch die Zugabe weiterer Symbole werden die Bedeutungsebenen erweitert. Aufgrund der Verbreitung auf Münzen erfährt das Motiv eine reichsweite Verbreitung. Die Übernahme in die private Sepulkralplastik scheint sich nicht auf die Provinzen zu übertragen, Die dextrarum iunctio ist  im gesamten Imperium auf Gemmen und Kameen zu finden. Dies spricht dafür, dass die jeweilige Bedeutungsebene dem Träger (oder auch Beschenkten) zweifelsfrei bekannt war. Wie der
Ring aus Reinheim zeigt, ist aus heutiger Sicht eine eindeutige Interpretation der antiken Bedeutungsebenen und somit eine Zuweisung zu zivil / privat versus staatlich / militärisch selbst bei Ringen mit Inschrift nicht immer möglich.

In November 1991, during archaeological research carried out
over several years (1986-2004) in the Roman cemetery under
the courtyards of the Milan campus of the Università Cattolica
del Sacro Cuore, a gold pendant set with a gold coin of Saloninus
was discovered. Exactly twenty years after the first publication of
the artefact (Perassi 2003a; 2003b), this paper aims to bring
the study of it up to date, taking into account the new and
more in-depth knowledge of Roman coin jewellery, the figure of
Gallienus’ young son, and the coinage in his name. The results
of recent metallographic analyses of the coin, and the pendant’s
ornamental elements, are also presented. Finally, the find from
Milan is compared with other, limited evidence of coin jewellery
found in Roman funerary contexts.

Este artículo aborda la experiencia doliente de Libanio de Antioquía a través de su Autobiografía. Empleando los métodos de la Historia de las Emociones y los Estudios del Dolor, analizamos esta obra como una narrativa de dolor en primera persona. Así, a lo largo del texto abordamos las emociones relacionadas con el dolor crónico, cómo este condicionó la percepción del tiempo y el espacio de Libanio, las reflexiones del sofista acerca de su identidad doliente, y cómo se narran estas cuestiones en Autobiografía. Además, situamos la obra en su contexto histórico, relacionándolo con la segunda sofística y la forma en la que el cuerpo enfermo fue conceptualizado en época imperial. Finalmente, mediante este estudio de caso pretendemos ofrecer algunas líneas metodológicas para acercarnos a la experiencia del dolor crónico en la Antigüedad.

Nr. cat. 1-2. 230 | Vasile Marinoiu, Ana Cristina Hamat urma cercetărilor sistematice întreprinse în termele castrului roman de la Bumbești Jiu, punctul Vârtop, în anul 1997. Ele au fost datate, în funcţie de monedele și artefactele descoperite în urma cercetărilor arheologice sistematice din această zonă, în prima jumătate a secolului al II-lea 3. Gemele au fost descoperite la adâncimea de-0,30 m faţă de nivelul de călcare. Prezenţa unor astfel de bijuterii în terme este binecunoscută. Fiind obiecte mici, mai ales în mediu umed, pietrele de inel se pot desprinde și pot cădea, fiind pierdute cu ușurinţă de către posesorii lor, fie în încăperile construcţiei, fie în bazinele acesteia, caz în care le descoperim odată cu cercetarea canalelor deversoare, așa cum s-a întâmplat în Dacia de la Potaissa 4 sau la Eboracum în Britannia 5. Cea de-a treia gemă 6 prezentă în catalog, a fost descoperită în luna august 2017 în vicus-ul roman de la Bumbești Jiu, punctul Gară, ca urmare a unei cercetări arheologice preventive determinate de investiţia societăţii Hidroelectrica S.A. Proiectul prevedea amplasarea unor stâlpi electrici în vederea racordarii la sistemul energetic naţional a centralei hidroelectrice Bumbești, linie electrică aeriană-Târgu Jiu Nord-Parângu 7. Obiectivul principal al cercetării preventive l-a constituit salvarea vestigiilor arheologice din perimetrul afectat de lucrările de amplasare, în zona siturilor arheologice Bumbești Jiu (Gară și Vârtop), a fundaţiilor unora dintre stâlpi. În cadrul lucrărilor, au fost descoperite mai multe complexe arheologice care au fost datate în epocă romană. Cel mai important, din punct de vedere al descoperirilor, este complexul cu numărul trei, unde în două din cele trei casete deschise pentru amplasarea stâlpului cu numărul 20, au fost descoperite amenajări de epocă romană (un drum aflat în zona estică a vicus-ului militar de la Bumbești Jiu-Gară, cu o lăţime cuprinsă între 1,80 și 2,50 m și o lungime cercetată de 12 m). Drumul era realizat din piatră de râu așezată pe un strat de pietriș. Pe suprafaţa lui au fost descoperite câteva fragmente de vase ceramice romane de uz casnic, fragmente de cărămizi, ţigle și olane, piroane din fier, precum și un fragment de ornament ceramic reprezentând un cap de șarpe. Alte trei geme 8 au fost descoperite într-o cercetare mai recentă, din anul 2018, în satul Aluniș, comuna Căpreni. Cercetările arheologice preventive, au dus la descoperirea aici a unui cimitir ce datează din perioada secolelor XV-XX (datare făcută pe baza artefactele și monedelor care se încadrează în perioada anilor 1561-1906), fiind situat în apropierea satului Aluniș (fost Scurtu), 3

Incerum appears in the Antonine Itinerary on the Roman road from Siscia to Sirmium, in various variants of the name  (Incero, Inicero). Otherwise there are almost no other historical or archeological confirmations of this locality. The only one is a gravestone of Roman officer (praefectus) native to Inicero found in Bedemgrad, on the road between Požega and Našice (Slavonia, Croatia). This monument has vanished and its authenticity is for some authors questionable. This paper gives a description of the text and monument and presents the state of art around the studying history of it.
Recently two another findings emerged on the sites of Tekić and Velika (by Požega, Slavonia, Croatia) - a ring with the text INCERIVS and a tax or customs seal from Velika (text: INCERO); but these findings are still not confirmed as authentic; due to unclear circumstances of their emergence (guarded by the City Museum of Požega but still not examined properly)

Probes belonging to the group of “Cosmetic/Medical Instruments”, which were excavated in the necropolis of Philadelphia (Ermenek/Gökçeseki) in the Isaurian Region and were evaluated in my doctoral thesis, will be discussed here in this article in detail. It was deemed appropriate to evaluate the tools found among the Philadelphian finds as Cosmetic/Medical Tools, as in many of the publications on metal finds. The reason for this is that the most dense group of tools to be evaluated under this title are probes and that they are mostly known for their cosmetic use being limited to few examples in women’s graves. It is not possible to distinguish between the cosmetic use, the use for medical intervention or the use for drug preparation because they must have been used for all these purposes paralelly. Evaluation of 129 probes found in Philadelphia is the subject of this study. The probes are evaluated by dividing them into three main groups as “Spoontipped probes”, Flat (Spatula)-tipped probes” and “Olive-tipped probes”. Among these groups, two new forms with a deep oval detail in the form of a scoop at the tip of the spoon and a hole at the tip of the olive pit are studied. Of these, the ones with a separate scoop-shaped cavity in the spoon part were used for dissolving a medicine and should have been shaped and given a new form after production, with the physician’s own preference. This hole, which is not very deep, was detected in the unique samples with a hole in the tip in the form of an olive seed, and probably was designed to be used as a needle handle of the probe. In this case, a third use function should have been added to the tool with two-way use. According to analogy and context, it is important to evaluate the Philadelphia probes, which are dated to the first half of the 1st century AD and the second half of the 3rd century AD, according to the differences in decoration and form on the body and handle, as well as the size, type and function of the functional ends.

Keywords: Roman Medical Instruments, Probes, Spoon-tipped probes, Cosmetic/Medical instrument, Ancient Medicine

УДК 94(902 + 904)»652»(063) ББК 63.48(2Рос-6Крм) А 72 Издание осуществлено при финансовой помощи Фонда поддержки гуманитарных наук «Моя история» Издается по решению Ученого совета Государственного историко-археологического музея-заповедника «Херсонес Таврический»

Vysokoškolská učebnica zameraná na rímsky šperk. V jednotlivých kapitolách približuje študentom základné techniky jeho výroby, použité materiály ale aj spôsob nosenia alebo významné historické udalosti, ktoré mohli ovplyvniť zmenu dizajnu a spôsobu nosenia počas doby rímskej. Text je doplnený terminologickým slovníkom, obrazovou prílohou a ilustráciami. Publikovala Katedra klasickej archeológie, Filozofická fakulta Trnavskej univerzity v Trnave.

A college textbook focusing on Roman jewellery. In individual chapters, it introduces students to the basic techniques of its manufacture, the materials used, but also the way it was worn or the significant historical events that may have influenced the change in design and the way it was worn during the Roman period. The text is supplemented by a glossary of terms, an appendix and illustrations.Published by Department of Classical Archaeology, Faculty of Philospohy and Arts, Trnava University.

The majority of rings recovered in Aquincum (Budapest), the capital of the Roman province Pannonia Inferior, in today's Hungary, are made of bronze. Finger rings can be classified in eleven groups by their shapes. In addition, their composition allows the distinction of eight ...

O figurină ceramică din așezarea culturii Wietenberg de la Uroi-Sigheti (județul Hunedoara)-Piesă de joc sau obiect ritual? ……… A Ceramic Figurine from the Wietenberg Culture Settlement of Uroi-Sigheti (Hunedoara County)-Piece of Game or Ritual Object? Cătălin Cristescu Orizontul scitic pe cuprinsul județului Hunedoara ... The Scythian Horizon in Hunedoara County Iosif Vasile Ferencz Descoperiri arheologice din a doua epocă a fierului în zona satului Vețel, jud. Hunedoara ……………... Archaeological Discoveries from the Second Iron Age in the Area of Vețel Village, Hunedoara County Claudiu Purdea De la monede la bijuterii. Studiu asupra reutilizării emisiunilor numismatice antice cu legenda Koσωn Von Münzen zu Schmuck. Ein Studium über die Wiederverwendung der antiken numismatischen Emissionen mit den Koσωn Legende

Publikácia sumarizuje informácie o význame rímskych prsteňov v rímskej spoločnosti, ich vzhľade a predstavuje vybrané exempláre z územia dnešného Slovenska. Významnou časťou je pohľad antických autorov na možné funkcie prsteňa alebo gemy, vďaka ktorému má čitateľ možnosť komplexnejšie pochopiť pohľad Rimanov na tento druh šperku. Autorka na príklade vybraných prsteňov z územia dnešného Slovenska ponúka možnú interpretáciu niektorých exemplárov v rámci historicko-geografického kontextu alebo poukazuje na jej limity v prostredí za hranicami Rímskej ríše.

The article presents new finds of Roman metal figurines which come from collections at Germanic settlements in southwestern Slovakia. Two bronze figurines - a small statuette of Mercury and a naked male figure (probably Apollo?) - were discovered in Zvončín. Another small bronze statuette of Amor and a lead figurine of an unidentiable male deity
come from a nearby Germanic settlement in Bohuslavice nad Trnavou. Fragment of a hand with a pouch
from a Mercury statuette comes from the settlement in Hronovce-Vozokany nad Hronom. This has increased
not only the number of such finds, but also the scale of deities represented in the local Germanic environment.
They can be considered evidence of penetration of Roman influences in the spiritual sphere and
religious ideas of the Germanic population.

The Hermitage collection of ancient jewellery is extensive and diverse. The greater
part of it consists of exhibits found in the course of archaeological excavations that are
now customarily published as whole sets together with other material. This catalogue
includes only ancient jewellery items acquired by the museum at various times from
private collections. They are assigned to a special group as they have no archaeological
context. We have selected for publication rings and seals made from precious metals
with the use of precious and semiprecious stones. The main section consists of gold artefacts
and significantly fewer silver, stone and gilded bronze rings.

Aus der römischen Kaiserzeit und Spätantike ist eine große Anzahl von Fingerringen mit einer erstaunlichen Vielfalt an Formen, Materialien, Bildmotiven und Inschriften überliefert. Über den rein schmückenden Charakter von Fingerringen hinaus erfüllten sie ganz unterschiedliche Funktionen, bspw. als Mittel der Beglaubigung oder Legitimation, als Votiv, Ehrenzeichen oder Treuesymbol. Im Hinblick auf die Frage nach "Ringen der Macht" liegt der Fokus des vorliegenden Artikels auf den römischen Ringen mit machtsymbolischer Zweckbestimmung sowie jenen Preziosen, denen aus Sicht ihrer Träger apotropäisch-magische oder heilende Kräfte zugeschrieben wurden.

From the Roman Empire and Late Antiquity, a large number of finger rings with a striking variety of forms, materials, motifs and inscriptions has survived. Beyond a purely decorative character, finger rings fulfilled a wide range of functions, for example as a means of authentification or legitimation, as a votive, a badge of honour or symbol of loyalty. With regard  to the question of "rings of power", the focus of this article is on the Roman rings with a power-symbolic purpose as well as on those jewels to which their wearers attributed apotropic-magical or healing powers.

Характерното за този тип пръстен е, че основната украса е изразена в спирали. От една страна, тя е украса, но и резултат на самата технологична изработка, изграждайки пръстена като цяло. Това е непознат до момента тип, който не е включен в никаква класификация в българската научна литература.