In addition to the winemaking facility, they’ve found artifacts including a colorful, 1,600-year-old mosaic and an intact, 1,000-year-old chicken egg (which researchers subsequently broke by mistake). The IAA has been conducting large-scale excavations at Yavne ahead of a construction project. In the statement, archaeologist Elie Haddad, a co-director of the IAA excavation, says, “It is possible that the splendid ring belonged to the owner of the magnificent warehouse, to a foreman, or simply to an unlucky visitor, who dropped and lost their precious ring, until it was finally discovered by us.” “Its size and ostentatiousness indicates it belonged to someone who wanted to flaunt their wealth.” “Finding an ancient ring with a semi-precious stone intact is rare,” Golani tells Anshel Pfeffer of the London Times. Yaniv Berman / Israel Antiquities Authority Whoever owned the jewelry would have been a person of wealth and high status.Īrchaeologists discovered the ring at the site of a large Byzantine-era wine-making operation. By the seventh century, the ring found at the winery could have been an heirloom handed down over many generations.īoth men and women wore similar rings. Similar gold bands with inlaid amethysts were common in the Roman world and may have been worn by a member of Yavne’s elite as early as the third century C.E. As Haaretz’s Ruth Schuster writes, it’s generally impossible to directly date inorganic objects like metal and gems through methods like carbon dating. They were able to date the landfill where it was unearthed to the seventh century-a tumultuous time when the Byzantine Empire lost control of the region to Arab Muslim forces. The ring itself may predate this period. Researchers made the find near a warehouse used to store wine at the production facility, reports Rossella Tercatin for the Jerusalem Post. “Many virtues have been attached to this gem, including the prevention of the side effect of drinking, the hangover,” says Amir Golani, an archaeologist with the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), in a statement. The location is particularly striking given ancient lore regarding amethysts. The team found the ring in Yavne, south of Tel Aviv in central Israel, at a site that was home to a huge wine-making operation during the Byzantine era, reports Stuart Winer for the Times of Israel. You need to correctly enter the anti-spam text.Archaeologists in Israel have discovered an amethyst and gold ring dated to as far back as the seventh century C.E.-and possibly much earlier. We will endeavour to respond as soon as possible. Select Options Open sides, sterling silver ring with purple stone $109.00 Questions? Select Options Sterling silver natural amethyst ring $99.00 Add to favourites Sorry, all sold outĬhunky sterling silver ring with sparkling purple gemstones $99.00 Add to favourites Sorry, all sold out Close Select Options Select Options Sterling silver natural amethyst flower ring $179.00 Add to favourites Sorry, all sold out Close Select Options Large square purple stone ring, offset with cz - now on sale! $129.00 $99.00 Add to favourites Sorry, all sold out Close Select Options Select Options Sterling silver ring with sparkling synthetic amethyst $119.00 Special Offer Add to favourites Sorry, all sold out Sterling silver amethyst gemstone ring - size M $89.00 Add to favourites Sorry, all sold out Close Select Options Select Options Sterling silver sparkling purple gemstone ring, made in NZ $169.00 Add to favourites Out of Stock Select Options Sterling silver oval amethyst gemstone ring $149.00 Add to favourites Out of Stock Close Select Options Select Options Sterling silver ring with three facet cut amethyst gems $139.00 Add to favourites Out of Stock Close Select Options Sterling silver natural amethyst ring - made in NZ $149.00 Add to favourites Sorry, all sold out Close Select Options Sterling silver natural amethyst ring - made in NZ $149.00 Add to favourites Out of Stock
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