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Faience band ring, pierced open-work design, lotus bud and seated falcon-headed solar deity; deep blue glaze. [07-2-110]

Details

ID
MFAB_11.982
Alternate IDs
11.982; MFAB_11.982
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: faience band ring
Medium
Faience
Dimensions
Width x diameter: 1.8 x 2.5 cm (11/16 x 1 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Menkaure Pyramid Temple ([MPT] GMT / room J1 = pillared hall 27, S of pillar 3)
Bibliography
Reisner, George A. Mycerinus: The Temples of the Third Pyramid at Giza. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1931, p. 261.
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 1907.

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