Pontifical Ring, 15th century (?), Near Arles (southern France), ivory, 5 x 3.6 cm (ring plate). Ident.Nr. K 3110. Kunstgewerbemuseum © Photo:  Museum of Decorative Arts of the National Museums in Berlin - Prussian Cultural Heritage. Photo:  Karen Bartsch

The oval plate of carved from a workpiece ring bears the orbiting around the Christogram Italian inscription SACRO SANTO IL NOME (sacrosanct name of [Christ]). The ring has reportedly been found in December 1855 in Arles in southern France in a tomb.