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REIGN OF AKHENATEN, CIRCA 1340 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN 'AMARNA' BRONZE RING
REIGN OF AKHENATEN, CIRCA 1340 B.C.
Incised with the prenomen of Akhenaten, Nefer-Kheperu-ra, ¾ in. (1.9 cm.) across inner hoop; a Roman cornelian intaglio, cut with standing figure of a draped woman holding a bird on her outstretched hand, in Medieval 'Lombard scripted' silver mount within modern gold ring setting, 7/8 in. (2.2 cm.) across inner hoop; and a Roman cornelian intaglio cut with enthroned Artemis holding a staff, with stag standing beside, in Edwardian gold ring setting, ¾ in. (1.8 cm.) across inner hoop, both circa 1st Century A.D. (3)
REIGN OF AKHENATEN, CIRCA 1340 B.C.
Incised with the prenomen of Akhenaten, Nefer-Kheperu-ra, ¾ in. (1.9 cm.) across inner hoop; a Roman cornelian intaglio, cut with standing figure of a draped woman holding a bird on her outstretched hand, in Medieval 'Lombard scripted' silver mount within modern gold ring setting, 7/8 in. (2.2 cm.) across inner hoop; and a Roman cornelian intaglio cut with enthroned Artemis holding a staff, with stag standing beside, in Edwardian gold ring setting, ¾ in. (1.8 cm.) across inner hoop, both circa 1st Century A.D. (3)
Provenance
Formerly the property of the Egyptologist, the late Dr Dominic Montserrat.
In Dominic Montserrat's book on Akhenaten: History, Fantasy and Ancient Egypt (London, 2000), mention is made (p. 6) of an Akhenaten seal ring which was given to Rudyard Kipling in 1925 by the novelist and Egyptophile, Henry Rider Haggard. Kipling's thank you note to Haggard reads, "Just a line on my return from town to thank you a hundred times for Akhenaton's Seal (I'm sure he kept it in his library) which you needn't tell me has no duplicate. It won't be lost - ins'h Allah! And it's going into safe and honourable keeping. I don't care so much about Akhenaton's dealings with it (he probably countersigned a lot of tosh of the Social Progress nature before he was busted)."
In Dominic Montserrat's book on Akhenaten: History, Fantasy and Ancient Egypt (London, 2000), mention is made (p. 6) of an Akhenaten seal ring which was given to Rudyard Kipling in 1925 by the novelist and Egyptophile, Henry Rider Haggard. Kipling's thank you note to Haggard reads, "Just a line on my return from town to thank you a hundred times for Akhenaton's Seal (I'm sure he kept it in his library) which you needn't tell me has no duplicate. It won't be lost - ins'h Allah! And it's going into safe and honourable keeping. I don't care so much about Akhenaton's dealings with it (he probably countersigned a lot of tosh of the Social Progress nature before he was busted)."
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