Indus Valley Silver Ring

A tan stone, a single branching white line, and one small cross floating at the center.

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. Etched stone beads are among the best known crafts of the Indus civilization. The stone here is a smooth oval of brown agate, with white curving lines that branch around the middle. It sits in a silver setting framed by twisted wire. The shoulders of the band carry molded flowers and small buds.

Understated, ancient, and rather good at both.