Ring for the attachment of bath implements

A corroded green bronze ring lies at a slight angle on a pale ground. Its flat band is rough with patina, and one lower section swells into a knobbed, cast mass where a fitting would have joined it. The record identifies it as a Roman ring for hanging bath implements, though the object itself shows no inscription or marks of use.

Look closer: A small raised knob on the lower band where the fitting attaches.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st–2nd century CE

Medium

Bronze

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

1920 × 1808 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, 1900