Archer's ring
Description
Meroitic Period, 300 B.C.–A.D. 350. Tonalite. H. 3.1 cm (1 1/4 in.); Top: Outer diam. 4.7 × inner diam. 2.3 × th. 1.2 cm (1 7/8 × 7/8 × 1/2 in.); Bottom: Outer diam. 4.2 × inner diam. 2.2 × th. 1 cm (1 5/8 × 7/8 × 3/8 in.). From: Cemetery 1, Grave 54, Faras, Lower Nubia, Nubia (Sudan). Excavation: University of Oxford Excavations in Nubia, 1910–12. Credit: Gift of Oxford University Expedition to Nubia, 1926.
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, cylindrical/rounded-stone ring-like object with a worn circular hollow in the top surface.
The image shows a compact stone object shaped roughly like a short cylinder or rounded plug. The upper face contains a central circular opening or recess (interpretable as the setting/bore of a ring seal or signet), with the surrounding surface worn and slightly darkened. The exterior has mottled gray-green coloration consistent with carved stone and shows scuffs and natural/used wear. No clear carved decoration, hieroglyphs, or inscriptions are visible at this resolution/angle. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is apparent.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116442751 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.4.127 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 573599 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
- 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.