Medium: Electrum, glass
Geograhical Locations:
Dates:ca. 1479–1292 B.C.E.
Dimensions: 1 3/8 x 13/16 x 1/2 in. (3.6 x 2 x 1.3 cm)
Collections:
Museum Location: Egyptian Orientation Gallery, 3rd Floor
Exhibitions:
Accession Number: 37.719E
Image: CUR.37.719E_erg456.jpg,
Catalogue Description: Electrum and glass finger ring. The shank is a strip of gold to which six pairs of twisted wires are soldered to form a braided ornament. At the shoulder the shank spreads into three narrower strips. The split shoulders are soldered to the bezel and the joints are covered by narrow pieces of the electrum sheet bent into cylindrical sleeves. The bezel consists of a bottom plate to which strips of electrum are soldered on edge to form cells for inlays; it is further embellished with granulation. The inlays are of red and blue glass in imitation of carnelian and lapis lazuli. Condition: Ancient repairs: shank once broken in two and soldered together; where the braid ornament had split open, the loose end was fastened to the underplate by soldering on a rectangular patch. Two short sections of ornament are missing from the shank and a few grains are lost from the bezel. Hole in the bottom plate of the bezel.