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Collections: Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Middle Eastern Art: Signet Ring

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Signet Ring

Because this ring bears a cartouche of King Khufu of Dynasty IV, known later to the Greeks as Cheops, it was once world famous as the actual signet ring of the builder of the Great Pyramid at Giza. The inscription, however, shows that it really belonged to a man named Neferibre who was a priest in the cults of Isis and the deified Cheops at Giza two thousand years after Cheops died. The ring is unusually heavy and is made of gold more than twenty-one karats pure.

Medium: Gold
Possible Place Collected: Giza, Egypt
Dates: ca. 664-404 B.C.E.
Dynasty: XXVI Dynasty-XXVII Dynasty
Period: Late Period
Dimensions: 13/16 in., 0.5 lb. (2.1 cm, 0.2kg) Bezel: 11/16 x 15/16 in. (1.8 x 2.5 cm)
Collections: Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Middle Eastern Art
Museum Location: This item is on view in Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, 19th Dynasty to Roman Period, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor
Accession Number: 37.734E
Credit Line: Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Image: Overall, 37.734E_reference_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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