Ring with intaglio depicting a crouching winged sphinx
Details
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Title
Ring with intaglio depicting a crouching winged sphinx
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Associated place
Nymphaion (Grave 2) (place of excavation) -
Date
5th century BC (500 - 401 BC) -
Material and technique
gold
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Object type
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Dimensions
bezel 1.7 x 0.7 cm (length x width) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Transferred from the Natural Science Museum, 1885.
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Museum location
Museum department
Antiquities
Accession no.
AN1885.492
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Further reading
Scarisbrick, Diana and Taylor, Gerald, Finger rings from Egypt to the present day (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1978), no.59, p.34
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