Ring
1203-1200/1199 BC (New Kingdom)
Overall H: 1 3/16 in. (2.95 cm); Inner Diam: 3/4 in. (1.88 cm); Outer Diam: 1 1/16 in. (2.69 cm); Bezel W: 1/2 x L: 1 3/8 in. (1.34 x 3.45 cm)
Citation
Source image
A heavy silver signet ring cast in one piece, with a bezel in the shape of a cartouche. The surface of the bezel has been filed down so far that the hieroglyphs are barely discernable. They give the throne name of Amenmesses, a little known pharoah of the 19th Dynasty, and two...
Images (4)
Artifact
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782
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object
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normalized
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provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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language
en
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4
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import
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_57.1488_SideB_DD_RS2009.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_57.1488_SideB_DD_RS2009.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_57.1488_SideB_DD_RS2009.jpg |
| imageCount | 4 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1488 |
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Medium
cast silver