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NEW KINGDOM, LATE DYNASTY XVIII, CIRCA 1370-1304 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE GLAZED COMPOSITION FINGER RING
NEW KINGDOM, LATE DYNASTY XVIII, CIRCA 1370-1304 B.C.
Reading:'Happy New Year', bezel 1 in. (2.4 cm.) long; five turquoise glazed composition amuletic finger rings, comprising a running ibex; an openwork wedjat-eye; a cartouche enclosing hieroglyphs nefer-ankh-neb-re (all happiness and life); a cartouche incised Men-Maat-Re (Seti I, circa 1290-1279 B.C.); an openwork uraeus ring, 13/16 in. (2.2 cm.) diam. max.; and a small Islamic cornelian ring with notched 'pyramid' above, early 1st millennium A.D., ¾ in. (2 cm.) diam. (7)
NEW KINGDOM, LATE DYNASTY XVIII, CIRCA 1370-1304 B.C.
Reading:'Happy New Year', bezel 1 in. (2.4 cm.) long; five turquoise glazed composition amuletic finger rings, comprising a running ibex; an openwork wedjat-eye; a cartouche enclosing hieroglyphs nefer-ankh-neb-re (all happiness and life); a cartouche incised Men-Maat-Re (Seti I, circa 1290-1279 B.C.); an openwork uraeus ring, 13/16 in. (2.2 cm.) diam. max.; and a small Islamic cornelian ring with notched 'pyramid' above, early 1st millennium A.D., ¾ in. (2 cm.) diam. (7)
Provenance
Baron Empain collection (1852-1929), France.