id:			113908
accession number:	1933.191
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1933.191
updated:		2025-07-12 11:02:22.603000

Peacock Ring, 1–200 CE. Seleucia, Parthian Empire (247 BCE–224 CE). 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
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creation date:			1–200 CE
creation date earliest:		1
creation date latest:		200
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creditline:			Joint Expeditions-Iraq Excavations Fund
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culture:	Seleucia, Parthian Empire (247 BCE–224 CE)
technique:	gold and chalcedony
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Near Eastern Art
type:		Jewelry
find spot:	Seleucia, Iraq
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measurements: Diameter: 1.8 x 2.3 x 1 cm (11/16 x 7/8 x 3/8 in.)
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CITATIONS

	"New Light on Mysterious Parthia: Treasures from Sleucia." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, </em>Vol. 180 (February 13, 1932): p. 265, fig. 3.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/sim_illustrated-london-news_1932-02-13_180_4843

	Hollis, Howard C. "Material from Seleucia." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, </em>Vol. 20, No. 8 (October, 1933): p. 132.
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	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25137571

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