Ring with Hieroglyphs

Arts of Africa

New Kingdom–Third Intermediate Period?, Dynasty 18–25 (about 1550–656 BCE)

Egyptian

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Artist: Ancient Egyptian
Title: Ring with Hieroglyphs
Origin: Egypt
Date: 1550 BCE–656 BCE
Medium: Faience
Dimensions: W. 0.75 cm (1/4 in.); diam. 2 cm (3/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Henry H. Getty and Charles L. Hutchinson
Reference Number: 1892.204

Thomas George Allen, A Handbook of the Egyptian Collection (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1923), p. 85.

Émile Brugsch (1842-1930), Bulaq Museum and Egyptian Antiquities Service, Cairo; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1892; price reimbursed by Henry H. Getty and Charles L. Hutchinson, 1892.

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