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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Ring Inscribed for Amun Rehorakhty, Lord of the Thrones of the Two Lands
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
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
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art