Walters Art Museum (Egyptian) · jewelry
Ring Engraved with Hathor
Description
<p>The bezel and hoop of this gold ring seem to have been cast in one pin-shaped piece, the hoop being subsequently bent square and attached to the bezel. The design on the lentoid bezel is chased and partly gouged out. It shows a cow in a boat passing through a papyrus thicket, the stalks and flowers of which appear above the back of the cow. The scene represents the story of the cow goddess Hathor welcoming the dead in the western marshes.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1473' rel='external'>Ring Engraved with Hathor</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>
Connections
Deities
Hathor
Cross-references (2)
- Walters-AccNum 57.1473 tier-2
- Walters-id 16898 tier-2
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