Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (16.2004(2005))

MARINA EL-ALAMEIN

EGYPT

4. Ring with empty bezel [Fig. 1]
Inv. no. l4/H10"E"/02)
House H10"E", room 15 (contextual dating
to end of lst/2nd century AD)
Dia. 2.4 cm/2cm (inner 1.9 x 1.3 cm); bezel
1.3 x 1 cm
Shoulders widening slightly toward bezel.
Decorated with two cut lines, which draw
apart as they approach the oval bezel. Glass
bead or gem could have been mounted in
the shallow bezel (1.17-0.22 cm).
Cracked along the bezel, heavily corroded.
Dated to the 2nd century AD.
Parallels: Marshal 1907, op. cit., PI. XXIX,
no. 1188; XXXII, no. 1399-
5. Fragment of ring with bezel
Inv. no. III-21/04
Main town square, east of South Portico,
room 1 (contextual dati ng to end of lst/early
2nd century AD)

Bezel: W. 1.1 cm. Glass gem: top 1 x 0.8 cm;
bottom 0.8 x 0.6 cm, Th. 0.15-0.2 cm
Fragment of ring with oval bezel. Green glass
gem, engraved with faint lines on the top.
Partly preserved, heavily corroded surface.
Damaged gem.
Dated to the lst-2nd century AD.
For parallels, see cat. no. 4 above.
6. Ring band [Fig. I]
Inv. no. 15/H10"E"/02
House H10"E", room 15 (contextual dating
to 1st and 2nd centuries AD)
Dia. 2.4 cm (inner 1.7 cm)
Outer band surface convex, thicker in places,
flat inside and sides.
Good state of preservation.
Dated to the 2nd century AD.
Parallels: F. Henkel, Die romischen Finger-
ringe der Rheinlande und der benchbarten
Gebiete (Berlin 1913), vol. I, nos. 1-3;


Fig. 2. Bronze jewelry from Marina el-Alamein. Numbers refer to items in the catalogue
(Photo W. Grzegorek (2,8); all others P. Zambrzycki)

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