Ring | Finger Ring - Yubiwa (English spelling) ring

Japanese: 指輪∥指環 - ゆびわ(英語表記)ring
Ring | Finger Ring - Yubiwa (English spelling) ring
A type of jewelry. Rings are said to have a higher cultural significance than other jewelry. In primitive societies, necklaces, bracelets, earrings, etc. are used, but rings are not used much. This is because rings get in the way of people who are constantly hunting, gathering, or farming. Rings were not used in Babylonia or Assyria either. The history of rings dates back to ancient Egypt, when rings were made of gold, shells, soft stones, and amethyst, and for the masses, there were ceramic ones. In Egypt, rings with scarabs carved into them, or ring mounts (carved with a seal of approval) shaped like scarabs, were used as symbols of good luck.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
装身具の一種。指輪はほかの装身具より文化性が高いといわれる。未開社会では首飾,腕輪,耳飾などを用いるが,指輪はあまり用いない。つねに狩猟や採集,あるいは農耕にたずさわっている人々には,指輪がじゃまになるからである。バビロニアやアッシリアでも指輪は用いられていなかった。指輪の歴史が始まるのは古代エジプトあたりからで,金のほか貝殻や軟らかい石や紫水晶のものがつくられ,大衆用には陶器のものがあった。エジプトでは指輪にスカラベを彫ったもの,あるいは指輪の飾台(そこに認印のしるしが彫られた)をスカラベ形にしたものが幸運のしるしとして用いられた。

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