Ring with bezel in the form of a bust of Harpokrates or Dionysus

Unknown

100 B.C.–A.D. 100 · gold · Egyptian Art

On this ring appears the bust of a god wearing a hemhem crown and with long locks or a possibly a nemes.The god represented must be a male and Harpokrates or Dionysus have been suggested. The bust was hammered and chased, rather than cast, out of gold and then soldered at an angle to the flat bezel of this ring. Rings of this form are most characteristic of Egypt..

Artist

Unknown

Date

100 B.C.–A.D. 100

Medium

gold

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926