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Ring with Hippocampus

100–200 CE

Italy, Roman

Medium
gold
Measurements
Diameter: 2 cm (13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade 1916.101
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Location
103 Roman
Print
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In Greek and Roman art, water spirits or nereids are often depicted riding hippocampi.

Description

This delicate gold ring is decorated with a tiny hippocampus, a creature from Greco-Roman mythology with the forequarters of a horse and the tail of a fish. Stylized waves bracket the hippocampus, crashing up against its tail and front hooves. The thin band of the ring is decorated with horizontal lines to the halfway point on both sides.

Ring with Hippocampus

100–200 CE

Italy, Roman

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