MAKE A MEME View Large Image Egyptian - Ring - Walters 571473 - Side A.jpg The bezel and hoop of this gold ring seem to have been case in one pin-shaped piece the hoop being subsequently bent square and the end attached to the bezel The design on the lentoid bezel is ...
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Keywords: Egyptian - Ring - Walters 571473 - Side A.jpg The bezel and hoop of this gold ring seem to have been case in one pin-shaped piece the hoop being subsequently bent square and the end 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 undoubtedly represents the well known story of the cow goddess Hathor welcoming the dead in the western marshes between 1546 1336 BC New Kingdom cast gold cm 1 66 1 69 ; Bezel W 1/4 x L 9/16 in 0 66 x 1 47 cm accession number 57 1473 16898 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian finger rings in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review
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