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| Keywords: Egyptian - Ring Bezel - Walters 571487 - Right.jpg This flat silver bezel with under surface carved to fit the finger belonged to a type of ring of the 26th Dynasty in which the bezel perched above the separately cast hoop The deeply set hieroglyphs which decorate the bezel appear to have been gouged into the surface with some chased detail The piece shows signs of much wear When bought it had a plug of some iron compound under the bezel This probably represents the efforts of a village tinker of the 19th century to reattach the hoop Two unfinished rings of the type in the old Abbott collection now in the Brooklyn Museum had been repaired in this fashion Under the plug on the Walters ring was a lightly scratched sign The hieroglyphs on the bezel read servant of Bastet Djehuty-sotem-nis Thoth hears the caller century 7 6 BC early Late Period silver Bezel cm 2 1 15 0 3 ; Inner Diam cm 3 2 ; Outer Diam cm 3 7 accession number 57 1487 34444 Dikran Kelekian New York and Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters Baltimore date of acquisition unknown by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Translation Priest of Bastet Djehuti-sedjem-nis Thoth hears the caller 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 Works of the 26th dynasty of Egypt | ||||
