Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (16.2004(2005))

MARINA EL-ALAMEIN

EGYPT

G. Fogolari, G. Gambacurta (eds.), Materiali
veneti preromani e romani del santuario di
Lagole di Calalzo al Museo di Pieve di
Cadore (Roma 2001), 22, 314-346.
7. Ring band [Fig. 1]
Inv. no. 20/H10"E"/02
House H10"E", room 15 (contextual dating
to end of lst/2nd century AD)
Dia. 2.4 cm (inner 1.9 cm)
Band consisting of a number of thin wires
tightly twisted together, forming irregular
outer surface.
Heavily corroded all over.
Dated to the 2nd century AD.
8. Ring or earring with circular orna-
ment [Figs. 1, 2]
Inv. no. ll/S/03
Surface find.
Dia. c. 2 cm; H. of ornament 1.6 cm; dia. 0.9 cm
Circular ornament in front with two lines
crossing in the middle, the intersection
marked by a tiny bezel (dia. 0.1 cm). Base
below ornament, parallel to band (L. 1 cm,
Th. 0.15 cm); second one 0.14 cm further
down, same length but thicker (0.4 cm).
Half of band preserved, gem missing from
bezel.
Dated to the 1st-3rd century AD.
Parallels: V. Sarianidi, Bactrian Gold from
the Excavations of the Tillya-Tepe Necropolis
in Northern Afghanistan (Leningrad 1985),
252, no. 2, Ill. 33. For the circular motif in
jewelry, cf. H. Hoffmann, Greek Gold
Jewelry from the Age of Alexander (New
York 1966), 144, Fig. 51 A; Die Alamannen
(Stuttgart 1997), 187, no. 194,462, no. 529-
9- Fragment of pendant [Fig. 2]
Inv. no. 60/H19/04
House 10"E", room 6

Dia. of circle 0.78 cm, L. pres. 1.2 cm
Necklace fragment featuring round bezel.
Slightly convex back suggests pendant. Not
a ring. Glass bead presumably mounted in
shallow bezel (0.1 cm deep).
Damaged, but bezel in fairly good condi-
tion.
Dated to the lst-2nd century AD.
Parallels: S.M. Ruxer, J. Kubiak, Naszyjnik
grecki w okresie hellenistycznym i rzym-
skim (Warszawa 1972), 117, Fig. 17 and
Pis. V, XXII, LXIV, LXV; for a similar
image of a ring, cf. M. Guisan, "Bijoux
romains dAvenches", E>nlletin de l'Association
Pro Aventico 23 (1975) 14, PI. 3, no. 1.28.
10. Pendant [Figs. 1, 2]
Inv. no. 71/H10"E"/02
House 10"E", room 15 (contextual dating to
lst-2nd century AD)
H. 2.4 cm, W. 1.7 cm
Presumably female face rendered with thick
hair and a cap slightly askew with raised tip
serving as pendant mounting, the hole (Dia.
0.3 cm) pierced through it perpendicular to
face. Indistinct facial features. Back side of
pendant slightly concave. Similar images can
be found on appliques.4 Heavily worn
surface, evident traces of corrosion.
Dated to the lst-2nd century AD.
Parallels: K. Schumacher, Beschreibung der
Sammlung antiker Bronzen (Karlsruhe
1890), 60, PI. Ill, no. 20; M. Bieber, Die
antiken Skulpturen und Bronzen Konig-
lichen Museum Fridericianum in Cassel
(Marburg 1915), 92, no. 414; S. Hodjash,
Ancient Egyptian Jewellery. Catalogue.
Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts
(Moscow 2001), 74, no. 507.
11. Fibula [Figs. 1, 2]
Inv. no. 40/H10"E'702

4 L. Mercando, E. Zanda, Bronzi da Industria (Roma 1998), 136-137, PI. XCI, no. 195.

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