ROMAN/BYZANTINE CHRISTENING OR BAPTISM RING, C. 2ND-6TH CENTURY AD SIZE 1/2 02/20/2024 Broad rounded face band 4

Broad rounded face band 4

Probably a man’s ring serving as a signet

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and buried as part of her funerary ritual

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ROMAN/BYZANTINE CHRISTENING OR BAPTISM RING, C. 2ND-6TH CENTURY AD SIZE 1/2 02/20/2024 Broad rounded face band 4Gilt bronze, size about which suggests a child of six months age or less. Slightly rounded face band, 1. 3mm width flaring to the shoulders. Circular bezel with the four point Star of Bethlehem superimposed with radials in the quarters, signifying a saltire or cross. The custom of baptizing infants originated in the second century with the evolution of the concept of Original Sin. Rings for infants were surely a luxury reserved for the noble class.