ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art
Ring Inscribed for Amun Rehorakhty, Lord of the Thrones of the Two Lands
AAT Object Form/Functionrings (finger jewelry)
AAT Object Techniqueinscribing
CultureEgyptian
Date943-746 BCE
MediumFaience
Credit LineMuseum purchase in honor of Jean Astrop
Dimensions6.2 x 2.2 cm (2 7/16 x 7/8 in.)
Object number2010.015.001
Exhibition HistoryLe don du Nil, Art Egyptiens dans les collections Suisses (travelling show), Geneve, Basel, Bern, Zurich, Luzern, Switzerland, 1978.Published ReferencesHermann Schlogl, et al., Le don du Nil: art egyptien dans les collections suisses (Basel: Bale Societe de Banque Suisse, 1978), 80, number 279.
ProvenanceEx coll. Dr. Rudolf Schmidt (1900-1970), Solothurn, Switzerland. Thence by descent. With Allan Anawati [Medusa Ancient Art], Montreal, Quebec, from at least November 2008. Purchased by MCCM from Medusa Ancient Art.
Status
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- Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
1076-944 BCE
1076-944 BCE
1076-944 BCE
1076-723 BCE
ca. 664-525 BCE
943-525 BCE
1190-746 BCE
943-746 BCE