Type: Signet Rings (also known as seals)

Era: Crusader

1000 -1200 AD

Signet rings, also known as seals, come from the Hebrew word “hotam” and the Greek word “sphragis”, and reused universally in the ancient world much like we use signatures today. They would be used to seal, or stamp, documents, doors, tombs, etc. They were also emblems of authority. These rings come from the crusader era. Daniel 6:17 “Then Stone was brought and laid on the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the signets of his Lords, that the purpose concerning Daniel might not be changed.”