Finger ring
General Information

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."

Number 4159
Storing Place The British Museum - London - United Kingdom
Material Gold and semiprecious stones
Type Ring
Type of Script Hieroglyphic
Width 1.2 cm
Historical Period The Eighteenth Dynasty – The New Kingdom
Inscriptions on the Monument
Obverse
Transliteration
( If the Hieroglyphic,Demotic or Hieratic text is not appearing clear, install this file )

nfr sA Imn


Translation

Perfection for the son of Amun.

Scientific Publishing

C. Andrews, Ancient Egyptian Jewellery, (London, 1990), 164, no146b.