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Archer's ring

Meroitic Period
300 B.C.–A.D. 350
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 130
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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Archer's ring
  • Period: Meroitic Period
  • Date: 300 B.C.–A.D. 350
  • Geography: From Nubia (Sudan), Lower Nubia, Faras, Cemetery 1, Grave 54, University of Oxford Excavations in Nubia, 1910–12
  • Medium: Tonalite
  • Dimensions: H. 3.1 cm (1 1/4 in.); Top: Outer diam. 4.7 × inner diam. 2.3 × th. 1.2 cm (1 7/8 × 7/8 × 1/2 in.); Bottom: Outer diam. 4.2 × inner diam. 2.2 × th. 1 cm (1 5/8 × 7/8 × 3/8 in.)
  • Credit Line: Gift of Oxford University Expedition to Nubia, 1926
  • Object Number: 26.4.127
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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