finger-ring;
bezel
- Museum number
- 1880.3816.b
- Description
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Fragment of a cast, copper alloy finger-ring. The shoulders are flattened and narrow to a point where they meet the rectangular bezel. An incised pseudo-Arabic inscription on the bezel is placed within a rectangular border comprising a small toothed design.A small lug protrudes from the centre of the top and bottom edges of the bezel.
- Dimensions
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Height: 11 millimetres (bezel)
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Length: 17 millimetres
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Width: 11 millimetres (bezel)
- Curator's comments
- For documentation of IM.Metal.141 see 1880.3702.a.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1880
- Acquisition notes
- Collected from the site of Begram, 1834-8 (MSS Eur. E161/VII, ff.31-3).
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1880.3816.b
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: IM.Metal.141 (British Museum no.: India Museum collection)