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A work made of gold.

Ring Inscribed with Hieroglyphs

Probably Ptolemaic Period (332–30 BCE)

Egyptian

Egypt

Upon death, people who were thought to have lived moral lives were reborn in the afterlife as a form of the god Osiris. This ring is inscribed with the title “Osiris,” followed by the owner’s names and titles, attesting to his faith that he would become one with the god after death.

Gold

Arts of Africa