Seal ring

Seal ring

A ring with an oval bezel depicting a goddess with the head of a lioness (Sekhmet), shown in profile with a papyrus-stalk scepter in her hand, a plume on her head, and a solar disk in front of her.

Present location MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO NAZIONALE/MUSEO EGIZIO [05/027] FLORENCE

Inventory number 2824

Dating NEW KINGDOM ?

Archaeological Site UNSPECIFIED

Category FINGER RING

Material FAIENCE

Technique INCISION; FAYENCE

Width 1.2 cm

Diameter 2,3 cm

Bibliography•I. Rosellini, I monumenti dell'Egitto e della Nubia, Monumenti CiviliI,vol. II, Pisa, 1834, pg. 426.

•AA.VV., L'argilla e il tornio. La produzione fittile dell'Egitto antico in Toscana, Pisa, 1992, p. 57

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