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Source Description
The bezel and hoop of this gold ring seem to have been cast in one pin-shaped piece, the hoop being subsequently bent square and attached to the bezel. The design on the lentoid bezel is chased and partly gouged out. It shows a cow in a boat passing through a papyrus thicket, the stalks and flowers of which appear above the back of the cow. The scene represents the story of the cow goddess Hathor welcoming the dead in the western marshes.
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Document identity
localId
16898
label
Ring Engraved with Hathor
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
3
Source metadata
id
16898
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Ring Engraved with Hathor
description
The bezel and hoop of this gold ring seem to have been cast in one pin-shaped piece, the hoop being subsequently bent square and attached to the bezel. The design on the lentoid bezel is chased and partly gouged out. It shows a cow in a boat passing through a papyrus thicket, the stalks and flowers of which appear above the back of the cow. The scene represents the story of the cow goddess Hathor welcoming the dead in the western marshes.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown] (?); Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1546-1336 BCE (New Kingdom)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Gold, Silver & Jewelry
rings
imageCount
3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
1.7
height
1.7
dimensionsRaw
H: 5/8 x W: 11/16 in. (1.66 x 1.69 cm); Bezel W: 1/4 x L: 9/16 in. (0.66 x 1.47 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
dynasty
18th Dynasty
med
cast gold
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
EGY
JWL
exhibition_ids
2513
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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cb449695b1cd4120
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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be236c5be8fc5d85
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no
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no
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3
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photo
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b32961a0b2576b25
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no
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no