Section of a Ceiling from the Narinjistan Mansion

ca. 1870

Object Label

All three of these rings probably belonged to nobility or other private persons, not to royalty, The small bronze signet ring has the prenomen, or throne name, of Ramesses II. The scarab ring lacks his prenomen but has an associated epithet ("Beloved Of Amun") and his nomen, or birth name (Ramesses).

On the large silver-tin alloy signet ring the prenomen of Ramesses IV appears—Hekama'at-re' ("Re Is the Ruler of Ma'at"). In the lower half are several hieroglyphs—djed("stability"), hes ("praise"), and hetep ("peace" or "satisfaction")—that probably serve a decorative or amuletic function because they do not comprise a logical text. Likewise, the semi-hemispherical nb hieroglyph at the bottom was probably employed simply because its shape conveniently fit the oval.

Caption

Section of a Ceiling from the Narinjistan Mansion, ca. 1870. Polychrome and metallic pigments on wood, 42 × 3 1/2 × 69 in. (106.7 × 8.9 × 175.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 70.97.2. Creative Commons-BY

Title

Section of a Ceiling from the Narinjistan Mansion

Date

ca. 1870

Geography

Place made: Shiraz, Iran

Medium

Polychrome and metallic pigments on wood

Classification

Architectural Element

Dimensions

42 × 3 1/2 × 69 in. (106.7 × 8.9 × 175.3 cm)

Credit Line

Carll H. de Silver Fund

Accession Number

70.97.2

Rights

Creative Commons-BY

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