The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 24, 2025
Ring with Hippocampus
100–200 CE
Location: 103 Roman
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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.- {{cite web|title=Ring with Hippocampus|url=false|author=|year=100–200 CE|access-date=24 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1916.101