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

Ptolemaic or Roman Period
100 B.C.–A.D. 100
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 137
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..

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Ring with bezel in the form of a bust of Harpokrates or Dionysus
  • Period: Ptolemaic or Roman Period
  • Date: 100 B.C.–A.D. 100
  • Geography: From Egypt, Alexandria Region, Alexandria
  • Medium: gold
  • Dimensions: 2.5 x 2.5 cm (1 x 1 in.)
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
  • Object Number: 26.7.833
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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