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Bronze Ring with Cartouche - LO.1146
Origin: Egypt
Circa: 664
BC
to 30
BC
Dimensions:
0.750" (1.9cm) wide
x 1" (2.5cm) depth
Collection: Egyptian Art
Style: Signet Ring
Medium: Bronze
Condition: Extra Fine
Additional Information: sOLD
£5,000.00
Location: Great Britain
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Stirrup-shaped signet rings in a variety of materials
make their earliest appearance in Egypt during the
course of the New Kingdom and continue in
popularity until the end of the Ptolemaic Period.
These rings are characterized by a thick shaft
crafted as a piece with the oval-shaped bezel which
is often inscribed in sunk relief with either a name
or a motto. Our signet ring appears to be a Late
Period variation of the type, to judge from the shape
of its shank and bezel, which is inscribed a motto
consisting of three hieroglyphs arranged vertically in
its center. The middle hieroglyph is decoratively
ornamented with the addition of two ostrich feather
at its top and two uraei, or sacred cobra, with flaring
hoods at its bottom. One can tentatively suggest
that our motto is to be translated as, “The possessor
of beauty is the god Ra,” with emphasis placed on
the single hieroglyph, “beauty,” by virtue of the
feathers and cobras. (LO.1146)
References:
Compare a signet ring of stirrup-shape in gold
inscribed for one of the Ptolemaic rulers of Egypt, in
Carol Andrews, Ancient Egyptian Jewellery (London
1990), page 165, figure 148 h.
- (LO.1146)
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