Indus Valley Silver Ring

White cracks run across a brown stone like a map of unknown rivers.

This ring is from the Indus Valley peoples of Pakistan or India, South Asia, and is dated 3300 to 1200 BCE, in the Bronze Age, in etched silver and agate. Agate from the Indus region was widely traded in antiquity, and etching it with white designs is a technique often traced to the Indus Valley. The round stone here is a marbled blend of cream and warm brown, crossed by thin white lines in a branching pattern. A silver bezel wrapped in twisted wire holds it. The shoulders are decorated with leaves and small flowers.

A very old stone, arranged for a very short list of occasions.