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| Keywords: Egyptian - Ring with Horus and Hathor - Walters 481620 - View A.jpg A fragile openwork ring made of faience with designs in superimposed registers of plaques The god Horus represented as a hawk with disk on head one wing up one down foot forward alternates with heads of the cow-eared goddess Hathor In all but one plaque she wears a low crown In one she wears the characteristic heavy wig with spiral curls century 10 8 BC faience with blue glaze H 9/16 x W 7/8 x Outer Diam 9/16 in 1 42 x 2 2 x 1 5 cm accession number 48 1620 1457 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian jewellery in the Walters Art Museum Ancient Egyptian faience in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
