Ancient Jewelry

Eight pieces of Assyrian, Babylonian and Egyptian jewellery drawn from the originals in the British Museum — and examined, for once, as workmanship rather than as archaeology.

Rings, Chasing, and Wire

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Rings, Chasing, and Wire

No. 3 is a copy of a ring of the Ptolemaic period, and is made of woven wire, from which spring three cast and chased figures of Serapis…

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