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| Keywords: Byzantine - Signet Ring - Walters 572104 - View A.jpg More than simply jewelry signet rings were essential in the Early Byzantine period for sealing personal documents and validating wills and testaments By the 6th century most rings had a personal monogram such as the block-letter format on this silver one that reads of Mark century 6 7 Late Antique silver cm 1 2 2 6 2 6 accession number 57 2104 40080 Günter Puhze Freiburg by purchase Walters Art Museum 1986 by purchase Museum purchase 1986 place of origin Iran Walters Art Museum license Ancient Roman art in the Walters Art Museum Medieval metalwork in the Walters Art Museum Jewellery in the Walters Art Museum Byzantine rings Seals of the Byzantine Empire 6th-century seals | ||||
