Mesorat%20hashas for Avodah Zarah 86:17

אמר רב מכובדין למעלה מן המים מבוזין למטה מן המים ושמואל אמר אלו ואלו מבוזין הן אלא אלו הן מכובדין שעל השירין ועל הנזמים ועל הטבעות

Rav said: The respectable are those which [have the figures] above the water, the disgraceful those which have them under the water. Shmuel said: Both these kinds are to be regarded as disgraceful. Rather, those that are respectable are those which are on bracelets, nose-rings and signet-rings.

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