AN EGYPTIAN GOLD FINGER RING
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AN EGYPTIAN GOLD FINGER RING

PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C.

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USD 18,000

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AN EGYPTIAN GOLD FINGER RING
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C.
Stirrup-shaped with a pointed oval bezel, engraved in hieroglyphs with an amuletic series of deities: "Amen-Re, Horus, Thoth, Senbet"
7/8 in. (2.2 cm.) long; ring size 7¾

with J.R. Ogden & Sons Ltd, London, 1982.

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These four deities can be connected with healing: Amen-Re as a healer is extolled in Hymn 70 of the Leiden Hymn Cycle; in the Old Kingdom the priests of Horus imi-schenut were physicians, and later Horus is known as a healing and protecting god; Thoth is closely associated with Horus and is credited with healing the latter's eye; Senbet's name can be translated as "Healthy one" or "She who makes healthy."