Caption

Ring, Ring with a band and a stone, cast from a single piece of metal. The band is narrow, convex on the outside and flat on the inside. The stone is arranged parallel to the line of the band. It is a long rectangle with rounded oval-shaped short edges. The flat surface of the stone is decorated with two hieroglyphic characters. 332–30 BC; Ptolemaic Period, Egypt. Jewelry; height 2.1 cm, diameter 2.3 cm., A single dark metal ring with an irregular, slightly squared profile sits centered against a light gray background; the ring's surface appears worn and textured with subtle highlights and shadows showing its rounded inner edge and thicker outer band, and the visible colors are shades of dark gray and light gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A05_474

License type

Rights managed

Available size

17.2Mb (208.3Kb) / 9.5in x 7.1in / 2835 x 2126 (300dpi)

Keywords

Ring band stone cast single piece metal narrow convex outside flat inside arranged parallel line long rectangle rounded oval-shaped short edges flat surface decorated two hieroglyphic characters 332–30 Bc Ptolemaic Period Egypt Jewelry height 2.1 cm diameter 2.3 cm single dark metal ring irregular slightly squared profile sits centered light gray background ring's surface worn textured subtle highlights shadows showing rounded inner edge thicker outer band visible colors shades dark gray light gray.