Signet Ring
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Object Label
Because this ring bears a cartouche of King Khufu of Dynasty IV, known later to the Greeks as Cheops, it was once world famous as the actual signet ring of the builder of the Great Pyramid at Giza. The inscription, however, shows that it really belonged to a man named Neferibre who was a priest in the cults of Isis and the deified Cheops at Giza two thousand years after Cheops died. The ring is unusually heavy and is made of gold more than twenty-one karats pure.
Caption
Signet Ring, ca. 664–404 B.C.E.. Gold, 11/16 × 1 × 7/8 in. (1.8 × 2.5 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.734E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.734E_PS6.jpg)
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Title
Signet Ring
Date
ca. 664–404 B.C.E.
Dynasty
Dynasty 26 to Dynasty 27
Period
Late Period
Geography
Reportedly from: Giza, Egypt
Medium
Gold
Classification
Dimensions
11/16 × 1 × 7/8 in. (1.8 × 2.5 × 2.2 cm)
Credit Line
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Accession Number
37.734E
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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