Description
This piece is cast niello with a retrograde inscription. Walters intaglio 42.1119 is set into this ring.
Provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Inscriptions
[Transcription] + Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθη τῶ σῶ δούλω Βασηλείου. Ἀμήν; [Translation] Lord, help thy servant Basil. Amen.
Credit
Acquired by Henry Walters