Cowroid Set in a Ring Bezel
Unknown
ca. 1492–1473 B.C. · Gold, glassy faience · Egyptian Art
This ring bezel contains a cowrie-shaped amulet. The heraldic design inscribed on its base includes an ankh hieroglyph (life) protected by a falcon with outspread wings. Two bezels were found among the hand bones of an unidentified children who was buried in the tomb of Hatnefer (see 36.3.1 and 36.3.14)).
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1492–1473 B.C.
- Medium
- Gold, glassy faience
- Department
- Egyptian Art
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1936
