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Source Description
Most of the hoop is missing on this ring. Carved in relief on the nearly circular bezel is a woman's head in profile to the left. The hair is held both at the crown and at the back by double fillets. The hair at the back is more tightly contained than in a similar ring, Walters 71.608.The heads on this ring and on Walters 71.608 resemble, but are not necessarily those of Arsinoe III, queen of Egypt in the late 3rd century BCE.
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Document identity
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22206
label
Finger Ring with a Medallion with a Woman's Head in Profile
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Source metadata
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22206
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object
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normalized
title
Finger Ring with a Medallion with a Woman's Head in Profile
description
Most of the hoop is missing on this ring. Carved in relief on the nearly circular bezel is a woman's head in profile to the left. The hair is held both at the crown and at the back by double fillets. The hair at the back is more tightly contained than in a similar ring, Walters 71.608.The heads on this ring and on Walters 71.608 resemble, but are not necessarily those of Arsinoe III, queen of Egypt in the late 3rd century BCE.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1914, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
3rd century BCE (Hellenistic)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
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en
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finger rings
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2
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2
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import
dimensionsRaw
H: 1 3/16 in. (3 cm)
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bone
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6256
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215
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Page inventory
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1
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photo
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afd5daacd2391343
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no
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2
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photo
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37f746d80c408c93
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