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| Keywords: Egyptian - Finger Ring with Names of Amun-Re in a Cartouche - Walters 42416 - Top.jpg This type of cartouche-shaped signet ring with a very long bezel made of faience was popular from the late 20th to the 23rd Dynasties A question exists as to whether these rings were ever actually used as signets or were for funerary purposes religious souvenirs or gifts for special occasions It seems probable that rings with blank bezels were mass-made in molds and that while the material was soft before firing the inscription was added This small version is made of blue faience Incrustations exist in the shallow crudely carved hieroglyphs which read Men-ib-re right of voice the great god a fictitious name which is attested elsewhere between 1070 664 BC Third Intermediate Egyptian faience with blue glaze Overall cm 3 73 ; Bezel L 1 3/8 x W 5/16 x D 1/16 in 3 53 x 0 74 x 0 1 cm ; Inner Diam cm 1 31 ; Outer Diam cm 2 02 accession number 42 416 3685 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 Amun-Ra hieroglyphs Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
