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Double Signet Ring
Double Signet Ring
Egypt, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten, ca. 1353-1336
The ring bezel is decorated with the royal device of two cartouches topped by ostrich plumes. The cartouches frame dancing figures of Bes, a minor god who frightened away demons and killed snakes and other harmful animals. Bes was closely associated with women in labor and with small childen, and use of his image on this ring suggests that it belonged to a queen.
Double Signet Ring
Double Signet Ring
Egypt, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten, ca. 1353-1336
The ring bezel is decorated with the royal device of two cartouches topped by ostrich plumes. The cartouches frame dancing figures of Bes, a minor god who frightened away demons and killed snakes and other harmful animals. Bes was closely associated with women in labor and with small childen, and use of his image on this ring suggests that it belonged to a queen.