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Source Description
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 epithets "beloved of Amun" and "whom Re had chosen."
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Document identity
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782
label
Ring
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
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4
Source metadata
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782
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Ring
description
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 epithets "beloved of Amun" and "whom Re had chosen."
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1203-1200/1199 BC (New Kingdom)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Gold, Silver & Jewelry
rings
bezels
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4
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4
source
import
dimensionsRaw
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)
Source extras
dynasty
19th Dynasty
reign
Amenmesses (1203-1200/1199 BC)
med
cast silver
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6182
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EGY
JWL
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2513
Page inventory
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