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Signet ring
Nubian
Meroitic Period
100 B.C.–100 A.D.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Meroe, Beg. W 171
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 2.1 cm (13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number24.565
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Rings
DescriptionThe ring from this plundered burialwas found in the debris. Other jewelry recovered includes gilt glass and carnelian beads, four pendants, and a ram's head amulet. This oval, intaglio bezel of this ring shows a sphinx wearing the double crown Before him is an ankh and a hawk with outspread wings is in the upper right quadrant.
ProvenanceFrom Meroe, Beg. W 171. 1922:excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan.