Finger ring in the form of a rearing cobra
100–320
FindspotMeroe, Nubia (Sudan)
Country of Origin, for CustomsSudan
Medium/TechniqueSilver
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 3.3 x 1.9 cm (1 5/16 x 3/4 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number24.515
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Meroe, Beg. W. 179. 1922: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan.
(Accession date: February 1, 1922)
(Accession date: February 1, 1922)
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
2575–2528 B.C.
2575–2528 B.C.
2625–2500 B.C.
10th–9th century B.C.
332–150 B.C.
1426–1400 B.C.
2900–2334 B.C.
1299–600 B.C.
Early first millennium B.C.
about 1000–800 B.C.?
about 1000–700 B.C.