Finger ring
Gold and glazed composition finger-ring. Both sides of the bezel bear incised decoration. One side shows a recumbent sphinx with a human head represents the king. A cobra is shown behind the sphinx, giving its protection to the ruler. The reverse side bears the figure of a goose adjoined by the name of the god Amun, and accompanied by the hieroglyph 'nefer', "perfection." The goose is a symbol of Amun, but as a hieroglyph it also means "son," and so the whole inscription may be interpreted as a wish for "perfection for the son of Amun."
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Inscriptions on the Monument
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Transliteration
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nfr sA Imn
Translation
Perfection for the son of Amun.
C. Andrews, Ancient Egyptian Jewellery, (London, 1990), 164, no146b. |