ECG020. Golden ring with the inscription “Dedatos”

Material: Gold

Object type: Ring

Decoration: The ornament on the surface of the signet ring is a female goddess.

Text: cm

Letters:

The Greek capital letter inscription is engraved in a reversed way around the ornament of a goddess on the surface of the signet ring. It is possible to date the inscription according to the shape of the latters (square shape E, A with straight crossbar, only a fragment of Σ, fitting small o inside the letters of bigger shape).

Date: IV-III BC (lettering)

Findspot: ვანი The item was found in the grave of a noble soldier, the ring should have been forged in the local smithery.

Original location: Vani

Last recorded location(s): National Museum of Georgia

Text type:Unknown

Editor(s): Tinatin Kaukhchishvili

Publication details:ილიას სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტი, ლინგვისტურ კვლევათა ინსტიტუტი; Ilia State University, Institute of Linguistic Studies; დოკუმენტი ვრცელდება Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 ლიცენზიით.

Translation

Dedatos

Commentary

“Dedatos” could be the name of the owner of the item.

Bibliography

საუერი, 1931 თინათინ ყაუხჩიშვილი, საქართველოს ბერძნული წარწერების კორპუსი, 150

Images

   Fig. 1. Ring from Vani, 1986