Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman (1867)
Westropp, Hodder M. (Hodder Michael), -1884 · London, Bell and Daldy · leaf 340
s considered as the being with whom men have chieflyto do, either in this world or in the next. According to the Gnosticview, matter was essentially evil, consequently the supreme deity,or author of good, could not be its author. grafito may, therefore, be of that period. These proskunemata are… … CUPID AND BUTTERFLY, Gem. RINGS. Signet-rings may be considered as the earliest kind of useful orna-ment known to the ancients. Their use dates from the earliestperiods. Originally rings bore the signet or seal of the owner, butin later times they were worn more as ornaments than articles ofuse;…
Art, Ancient · Archaeology
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