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Signet ring

270 B.C.–A.D. 320
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueIron
DimensionsBezel: 1.3 x 1.6 x 0.6 cm (1/2 x 5/8 x 1/4 in.)
Shank: 3 x 2.2 cm (1 3/16 x 7/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number13.4231
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, Meroitic cemetery, grave K4 / 1.1913: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.