Archer's ring

Unknown

300 B.C.–A.D. 350 · Tonalite · Egyptian Art

The site of Faras was a major center of Lower Nubia during the Meroitic period (300 B.C.–A.D. 350). The excavations of the cemetery led to the discovery of important funerary material, including twelve archer’s rings. This example was fashioned in granodiorite-tonalite (sources are known in the Eastern Desert of Egypt and south of Aswan) and has a slightly flared shape. It is light grey with dark grey spots.

Artist

Unknown

Date

300 B.C.–A.D. 350

Medium

Tonalite

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Gift of Oxford University Expedition to Nubia, 1926