Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · jewelry

Finger Ring

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Description

Catalogue description: Culture Coptic Caption: Coptic. Finger Ring, 5th–7th century C.E.. Iron, 1/4 × Diam. 7/8 in. (0.7 × 2.2 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, 16.152. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

Photograph of a small circular finger ring with a tightly twisted/rope-like band, shown against a textured gray background.

The image shows a single metal ring photographed from above/at slight angle. The band has a twisted, braid-like design around the circumference, producing a rope/coil texture. A small red-brown spot is visible on the right side of the band, likely corrosion or rust; otherwise the metal appears dark/blackened. No decorative bezel, gemstone, cartouche, or inscriptions are visible. The background is a uniform woven or grid-like fabric/mesh surface. No hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text appears anywhere in the frame.

photographic documentation Late Antique Period (per catalogue; not determinable from image details alone) good
Materials metal (dark, likely iron)possible corrosion/rust (red-brown)

Connections

Materials Metal

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 16.152 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 9427 tier-2
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