2006.289bezel1

Published 31 March 2015 at 6144 × 4096 in Collections in Focus: Medieval Gold Finger-ring from Abridge, Essex

Bezel 1: Three dice. After Christ’s crucifixion, the soldiers divided his clothes between them, casting lots to decide who would take the fine cloak used to mock Jesus as ‘King of the Jews’.

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