Finger Ring with Inscription
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Caption
Coptic. Finger Ring with Inscription, 5th–7th century C.E.. Iron, 9/16 × Diam. 3/4 in. (1.5 × 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.151. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University))
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Culture
Title
Finger Ring with Inscription
Date
5th–7th century C.E.
Period
Late Antique Period
Geography
Place made: Egypt
Medium
Iron
Classification
Dimensions
9/16 × Diam. 3/4 in. (1.5 × 1.9 cm)
Inscriptions
"O Jesus help, O Just one" or "Jesus helps, O, Justus".
Credit Line
Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour
Accession Number
16.151
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