id: 113908 accession number: 1933.191 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1933.191 updated: 2023-08-26 11:09:32.489000 Peacock Ring, AD 1–200. Seleucia, Iraq, Parthian Period. Gold and chalcedony; diameter: 1.8 x 2.3 x 1 cm (11/16 x 7/8 x 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Joint Expeditions-Iraq Excavations Fund 1933.191 title: Peacock Ring title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: AD 1–200 creation date earliest: 1 creation date latest: 200 current location: 102A Ancient Near East creditline: Joint Expeditions-Iraq Excavations Fund copyright: --- culture: Seleucia, Iraq, Parthian Period technique: gold and chalcedony department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art collection: Near Eastern Art type: Jewelry find spot: Seleucia, Iraq catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Diameter: 1.8 x 2.3 x 1 cm (11/16 x 7/8 x 3/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: Made of gold inset with chalcedony, a type of quartz, this simple yet elegant signet ring has timeless appeal. A skilled artisan carved a peacock into the oval stone creating an emblem that would have had personal meaning for the owner. digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS R. H. "Excavations in Iraq." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 17, no. 7 (1930) page number: pp. 133-135 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25137315 Hollis, Howard C. "Material from Seleucia." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 20, no. 8 (1933) page number: pp. 129-31 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25137571 H. C. H. "Further Excavations in Iraq." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 19, no. 7 (1932) page number: pp. 120-22 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25137490 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1933.191/1933.191_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1933.191/1933.191_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1933.191/1933.191_full.tif