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finger-ring(?)

Object Type: finger-ring (?)
Museum number: EA27953
Description: Bezel, perhaps of a finger-ring, consisting of a red jasper cowroid, base decorated with floral motifs, in a gold mount, pierced longitudinally.
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Egypt
Materials: jasper; gold (mount)
Technique: incised
Dimensions: Height: 0.49 centimetres (max); Length: 1.98 centimetres (max); Width: 1.35 centimetres (max)
Location: Not on display
Condition: fair
Acquisition name: Purchased through: Sir Ernest A T Wallis Budge; Purchased from: Giza Museum (and other sources)
Acquisition date: 1897
Department: Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number: EA27953
Registration number: 1897,0112.236