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Source Description
One side of the bead bears a detailed carving of an owl, a hieroglyph that has the same sound value as the English "m." The other side shows a victorious pharaoh raising his weapon to dispatch a cowering enemy. The plaque was probably created in the 18th or 19th Dynasty.
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Document identity
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11
label
Unfinished Ring with Flat Bead
core
obj
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object
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Source metadata
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11
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Unfinished Ring with Flat Bead
description
One side of the bead bears a detailed carving of an owl, a hieroglyph that has the same sound value as the English "m." The other side shows a victorious pharaoh raising his weapon to dispatch a cowering enemy. The plaque was probably created in the 18th or 19th Dynasty.
provenance
Charles Newton-Robinson, London, by 1909, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Charles Newton-Robinson Sale, Christie, Manson and Woods, London, June 22, 1909, lot 1; Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, 1909, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1479-1185 BCE (New Kingdom, Dynasty 18-19)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Precious Stones & Gems
finger rings
beads
plaques (flat objects)
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5
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5
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
1
height
1.3
depth
0
dimensionsRaw
H: 3/8 x W: 1/2 (0.99 x 1.33 x 0.04 cm); Ring inner Diam: 9/16 in. (1.35 cm); Outer Diam: 3/4 in. (1.84 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
dynasty
18th-19th Dynasty
med
carved yellow jasper and gold
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6182
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EGY
JWL
exhibition_ids
2513
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