Agora Object: J 230
Inventory Number:   J 230
Section Number:   ΒΖ 552
Conservation Number:   3282
Title:   Carved Ring Bezel
Category:   Jewelry & Gems
Description:   Intact.
Small oval carved ring bezel of translucent green stone.
Convex front and back meeting at a sharp edge. Helmeted, draped seating female figure holding a Nike in outstreched left hand, the rim of a shield in her lowered right hand. Facing right. Athena Parthenos in reverse.
Context:   Between Byzantine wall and edge of gray surface. Footing trench N. of Byzantine room C. Basket 18.
Handling:   in zip lock bag
Notebook Page:   2767
Dimensions:   L. 0.009; W. 0.006; Th. 0.0035
Material:   beryl (emerauld?)
Date:   17 June 1999
Section:   ΒΖ
Grid:   J/17-1/13
Elevation:   55.117m.
Masl:   55.117m.
Bibliography:   Hesperia 72 (2003), p. 247, no. 2, fig. 7.
References:   Publication: Hesperia 72 (2003)
Report: 1999 Excavations
Images (6)
Card: J 230