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

Finger Ring

Source of record: Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

Description

Caption: Finger Ring, 3rd century C.E., with modern additions. Gold, glass, 3/16 × 7/16 × 7/16 in. (0.4 × 1.1 × 1.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.743E. (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.

The image shows a small gold finger ring with a square bezel/cabochon setting, photographed against a textured gray fabric background.

A gold ring is depicted from above/at an angle. The shank is thin and appears braided or tightly coiled. The bezel is square/rectangular with rounded corners, set with a glossy yellowish translucent insert that may be glass or another material; the surface reflects light strongly, suggesting a polished centerpiece. No clear Egyptian hieroglyphs, Greek letters, or other inscriptions are visible on the bezel or band. A white string/twine is tied through/around the ring in the photo, likely for handling or display rather than original context. Overall workmanship and the small, sealed setting are consistent with a Roman Period style of personal jewelry.

royal Roman Period (per catalogue) good
Materials goldglass (yellowish/transparent insert)textile/string (handling)

Connections

Found at Saqqara
Materials Gold

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.743E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 117338 tier-2
About this record's data
  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
  • AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
  • Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.