Egypto-Roman. <em>Finger Ring with Busts of Deities</em>, 1st century B.C.E.–1st century C.E. Gold, 15/16 × 1 1/4 in. (2.4 × 3.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.148. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.148_overall.jpg)

Egypto-Roman. Finger Ring with Busts of Deities, 1st century B.C.E.–1st century C.E. Gold, 15/16 × 1 1/4 in. (2.4 × 3.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.148. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.148_overall.jpg)

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Finger Ring with Busts of Deities

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

CULTURE Egypto-Roman

MEDIUM Gold

DATES 1st century B.C.E.–1st century C.E.

PERIOD Late Ptolemaic Period to early Roman Period

DIMENSIONS 15/16 × 1 1/4 in. (2.4 × 3.2 cm) mount (m2 - wall mount): 1 1/4 × 1 × 1 1/2 in. (3.2 × 2.5 × 3.8 cm) mount (m3-deck mount): 5 1/2 × 1 × 1 1/2 in. (14 × 2.5 × 3.8 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 16.148

CREDIT LINE Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour

PROVENANCE Archaeological provenance not yet documented; before 1896, purchased in Saqqara, Egypt by Charles Edwin Wilbour; 1896, inherited from Charles Edwin Wilbour by Charlotte Beebe Wilbour; 1914, inherited from Charlotte Beebe Wilbour by Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour; 1916, gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour to the Brooklyn Museum.

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CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Gold finger ring with shank in form of a thick gold wire bent to form two and one half coils. Ends terminate in busts of Serapis (?) and Isis pointing in opposite directions. Details incised. Condition: Perfect.

EXHIBITIONS

Solid Gold

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view

CAPTION Egypto-Roman. Finger Ring with Busts of Deities, 1st century B.C.E.–1st century C.E. Gold, 15/16 × 1 1/4 in. (2.4 × 3.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.148. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.148_overall.jpg)

IMAGE overall, CUR.16.148_overall.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2013

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