Engagement Ring Maker: Unknown

ca. A.D. 200–256

Ancient Art

On view, 1st floor, Dura-Europos

This simple, elegant ring was formed by bending a sheet of gold into a roughly circular form and welding the ends together. The face is stamped with the Greek word omonoia (concord). Omonoia was important to both the Greeks and the Romans as a concept that signified everything from agreement between individuals (including marriage) to alliances between city-states. A poignant artifact of human life in ancient Dura-Europos, this ring attests to the continuity of social conventions throughout history.

Medium

Gold

Dimensions

9/16 in. (1.4 cm)

Credit Line

Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos

Accession Number

1933.606

Geography

Excavated in Dura-Europos, Syria

Culture

Syrian, Dura-Europos

Period

Roman

Classification

Jewelry

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
Excavated by the Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos (block M8 W2, Christian Building, private houses), present-day Syria, 1928–37; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Jennifer Chi and Sebastian Heath, eds., Edge of Empires: Pagans, Jews, and Christians at Roman Dura-Europos, exh. cat. (New York: Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, 2011), 70, no. 71, fig. 3–15
  • Lisa R. Brody and Gail Hoffman, eds., Dura-Europos: Crossroads of Antiquity (Boston: McMullen Museum of Art, 2011), 362, no. 60, pl. 60
  • Susan B. Matheson and Diana E.E. Kleiner, I Claudia Women in Ancient Rome, exh. cat. (New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 1996), 150, no. 90, ill
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Inscriptions

In Greek: OMONOIA

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