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Ring (with impression)

100 B.C.–A.D. 300
FindspotKaranog, Nubia (Egypt)
Medium/TechniqueBronze
DimensionsLegacy dimension: diameter of loop. 1.7 cm; Length: of bezeLength: 1.4 cm
Credit LineMFA-University of Pennsylvania Exchange
Accession number1991.1137
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Karanog, tomb G 616. 1908: excavated by the E.B. Coxe Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania; assigned to the University of Pennsylvania in the division of finds by the Sudanese government; 1908-1991: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology; 1991: received by the MFA through exchange with the University of Pennsylvania Museum.

(Accession date: March 25, 1992)
Signet ring
A.D. 30–175
Decorated disc pin
550–331 B.C.
Fibula
about 700 B.C.
Bronze fibula
700–500 B.C.
Bronze fibula
700–500 B.C.
Bronze fibula
700–500 B.C.
1894–1595 B.C.
Ring
100 B.C.–A.D. 300
Horse pin
900–700 B.C.