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Silver (?) ring with high bezel; badly oxidized, surface incrusted. [06-12-10]

Details

ID
MFAB_11.1006
Alternate IDs
11.1006; MFAB_11.1006
Department
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Classification
Jewelry & adornment-Rings
Period
Greco-Roman Period, Roman Imperial
Entry Date
30 B.C. – A.D. 364
Title
Jewelry: silver (?) finger ring
Medium
Silver (?)
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: .023 L.
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Menkaure Pyramid Temple ([MPT] GMT / NW corner of court / burial)
Bibliography
Reisner, George A. Mycerinus: The Temples of the Third Pyramid at Giza. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1931, p. 13.
Notes
This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. 1907: Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1911: assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt. (Accession date: March 2, 1911)
Remarks
Registration number obtained from publication; no registration records available for 1906.

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