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© Museu de Badalona
Omeka ID 1916
Ciutat romana de Baetulo. Temple
Roman world

ring stone

MB 18807

Object type
intaglio
Production date
Fabric
-
Museum
Museu de Badalona
Culture
Roman world
Discovery location
Ciutat romana de Baetulo. Temple
Materials
cornelian
Township
Badalona (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Barcelona, Barcelonès)
Technique
engraving
Where is it?
Exposició permanent
Dimensions
1 x 0,5 x 0,3 cm
Description
Flat oval ring stone with a greyish-blue colour on the engraved part and white on the bottom. Ring stones are called carvings because they are engraved very precisely. This one has as the engraved decoration of a pyxis, a small circular box that contained cosmetics, widely used for this and other functions in Greco-Roman dressing tables. The engravings had two functions: as decoration of a jewel and as a seal or signature. They were closely related to the person wearing them. Because of the decoration, this could have belonged to the owner of a cosmetics workshop.

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