TOKAT MÜZESİ GÜMÜŞ YÜZÜKLERİ
TOKAT MUSEUM SILVER RINGS

Summary/Abstract: Rings have been used by men and women with functional purposes such as ornaments, seal, indicating nobility and rank, engagement, charm, key rings, and carrying poison. The sections of rings can be in various forms such as semicircular, square thin band as they can be worn on fingers as well as toes. In addition to plain circular rings, rings with bezel were used as well. The forms of rings have changed over time and new forms have emerged. Silver rings in Tokat Museum are considered as catalog study in this article. Although all nine rings are stoned, the stones of two rings are missing. Four of the rings have cornelian, two have glass, and one has silver stone. Cornelian stones are engraved with negative descriptions and monogram. Descriptions and monogram are the most popular applications of Rome and Late Rome period.

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