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Engraved Gem Set Into a Ring

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Date: 2nd–3rd century A.D.
Medium: Gem: red jasper; ring: bronze
Culture: Roman
Department: Jewelry
Institution: Getty Museum

The goddess Nemesis, the personification of moral right and retribution, standing right; she holds a staff behind her back with her right hand and pulls out her drapery with her left hand; a wheel is at her feet; groundline. The bronze ring is decorated with a pattern of V-shaped grooves.

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