view: front
Description:
Finger ring formed of three green bands with Hathor and three cats in blue-purple faience. Hathor is depicted wearing a cornice and having cow's ears.
The cat is the sacred animal of the goddess Hathor.
Source: 1880. Catalogue of the Collection of Egyptian Antiquities at Alnwick Castle, London: R. Clay, Sons, and Taylor, p. 219Birch, S.
Relational references:
Hart, G. 1986. A Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses. London New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul, p. 76| Object details | |
|---|---|
| Type of object: | Finger ring |
| Type category: | Costume and jewellery |
| Material: | Faience |
| Width: | 19 mm |
| Height: | 28 mm |
| Depth: | 9 mm |
| Origin | |
| Style/Period: | Unknown/unspecified |
| Date range: | - |
| Discovery site: | Unknown/unspecified |
| Environment: | |
| Creator | |
| Technique: | |
| Personal name: | - |
| Role: | - |
| Culture: | Egyptian |
| Record data | |
| Artworld id: | 00019 |
| Current accession number: | - |
| Former accession number: | N1632 |
| Credit line: | - |
| Recorded by: | LW |
| Record date: | Mon, 5th Nov 2001 |
| Copyright: | Copyright© by the Oriental Museum, University of Durham, Durham, 2002. All Rights reserved |