British Museum, Inv. No. 1956,0512.2 (BM 132087) Ibex and birds are also part of the standard repertoire of Sassanid animal ornamentation and appear on silver vessels, textiles, stucco work, and jewellery. The high-quality gold setting, with its rich animal decoration, is a remarkable example among the comparatively rare surviving Sassanid signet rings. The ring came to us from the London art market. To the best of our knowledge, both the goldsmithing technique of the setting and the iconography of the cameo provide compelling evidence that it was made in the Sassanid Empire, likely between the 4th and 7th centuries CE.
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