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<em>Finger Ring</em>, 3rd century C.E., with modern additions. Gold, glass, 3/16 × 7/16 × 7/16 in. (0.4 × 1.1 × 1.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.743E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.743E_overall.JPG)
Finger Ring, 3rd century C.E., with modern additions. Gold, glass, 3/16 × 7/16 × 7/16 in. (0.4 × 1.1 × 1.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.743E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.743E_overall.JPG)
<em>Finger Ring</em>, 3rd century C.E., with modern additions. Gold, glass, 3/16 × 7/16 × 7/16 in. (0.4 × 1.1 × 1.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.743E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.743E_overall.JPG)

Finger Ring, 3rd century C.E., with modern additions. Gold, glass, 3/16 × 7/16 × 7/16 in. (0.4 × 1.1 × 1.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.743E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.743E_overall.JPG)

<em>Finger Ring</em>, 3rd century C.E., with modern additions. Gold, glass, 3/16 × 7/16 × 7/16 in. (0.4 × 1.1 × 1.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.743E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.743E_top.JPG)

Finger Ring, 3rd century C.E., with modern additions. Gold, glass, 3/16 × 7/16 × 7/16 in. (0.4 × 1.1 × 1.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.743E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.743E_top.JPG)

<em>Finger Ring</em>, 3rd century C.E., with modern additions. Gold, glass, 3/16 × 7/16 × 7/16 in. (0.4 × 1.1 × 1.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.743E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.743E_NegB_SL4.jpg)

Finger Ring, 3rd century C.E., with modern additions. Gold, glass, 3/16 × 7/16 × 7/16 in. (0.4 × 1.1 × 1.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.743E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.743E_NegB_SL4.jpg)

<em>Finger Ring</em>, 3rd century C.E., with modern additions. Gold, glass, 3/16 × 7/16 × 7/16 in. (0.4 × 1.1 × 1.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.743E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.743E_NegA_SL4.jpg)

Finger Ring, 3rd century C.E., with modern additions. Gold, glass, 3/16 × 7/16 × 7/16 in. (0.4 × 1.1 × 1.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.743E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.743E_NegA_SL4.jpg)

<em>Finger Ring</em>, 3rd century C.E., with modern additions. Gold, glass, 3/16 × 7/16 × 7/16 in. (0.4 × 1.1 × 1.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.743E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 37.743E_37.853E_GrpA_SL4.jpg)

Finger Ring, 3rd century C.E., with modern additions. Gold, glass, 3/16 × 7/16 × 7/16 in. (0.4 × 1.1 × 1.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.743E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 37.743E_37.853E_GrpA_SL4.jpg)

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Finger Ring

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Gold, glass
  • Reportedly From: Saqqara, Egypt
    • DATES 3rd century C.E., with modern additions
    PERIOD Roman Period, with modern additions
    DIMENSIONS 3/16 × 7/16 × 7/16 in. (0.4 × 1.1 × 1.1 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 37.743E
    CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
    PROVENANCE Archaeological provenance not yet documented, reportedly from Saqqara, Egypt; by 1852, collected in Egypt by Henry Abbott; 1859, purchased from Henry Abbott by the New-York Historical Society, New York, NY; September 1948, purchased from the New-York Historical Society by the Brooklyn Museum.
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    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Gold ring with square deep-set bezel, accompanied by separate blue square stone.
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    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Finger Ring, 3rd century C.E., with modern additions. Gold, glass, 3/16 × 7/16 × 7/16 in. (0.4 × 1.1 × 1.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.743E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.743E_overall.JPG)
    IMAGE overall, CUR.37.743E_overall.JPG. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2023
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    <em>Finger Ring</em>, 3rd century C.E., with modern additions. Gold, glass, 3/16 × 7/16 × 7/16 in. (0.4 × 1.1 × 1.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.743E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.743E_overall.JPG)

    TAGS

    gold
    finger
    ring
    Egypt
    Jewelry
    Henry Abbott Collection
    Saqqara
    Missing Stone
    Soldered
    Box Setting
    Roman Period
    New York Historical Society Collection

    TAGS

    gold
    finger
    ring
    Egypt
    Jewelry
    Henry Abbott Collection
    Saqqara
    Missing Stone
    Soldered
    Box Setting
    Roman Period
    New York Historical Society Collection

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