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Finger Ring

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Object Number:E14214
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Egypt
Mit-Rahineh
Locus: Strip 110 Middle (?) Stratum
Section:Egyptian
Materials:Faience
Iconography:Cat
Height: 3.77 cm
Width: 1.4 cm
Depth: 2.3 cm
Credit Line:The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Mit-Rahineh (Memphis), Egypt; Clarence Stanley Fisher, 1915
Other Number:M3374 - Field No SF

Description

Traces of light blue. Cat, sitting (broken, mended, right ear lost) surrounded by eight kittens on bezel. On the shanks are lotus plants in full bloom and in bud.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

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Bibliography:

[Article] Ranke, Hermann. 1950. "A Guide to the Egyptian Collections". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 15. no. 2-3. pg. 21-109 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 81, fig. 49View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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