This ring is interesting in part because I don’t know what it means and I’m not sure the
This ring is interesting in part because I don’t know what it means and I’m not sure the Louvre does either. It’s part of the Boscoreale treasure, which means it could be placed anywhere between 500 BCE and 100 CE, and the Louvre takes a stab at identifying the symbol as an anchor, but I’m a bit skeptical.[ID: A silver ring, mounted on a little slab of clay for photography. The top of the ring is wider and slightly flattened. Incised on the flat bezel are two circles joined by a single vertical line. Branching off from the vertical line are two diagonal lines, both pointing “up” towards the top circle, one about 1/3 of the way down from it and the other about 1/3 of the way from the bottom circle. The vertical line thrusts into the bottom circle and ends on a point.] -- source link
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