Ring bezel fragment
- Accession Number
- EC3026c
- Current Location
- In storage
- Object Type
- Jewellery, Finger ring, Bezel
- Period
- New Kingdom
- Dynasty
- Eighteenth Dynasty
- Amenhotep IV/Akhenaten to Tutankhamun
- Material
- Faience
- Provenance
- Egypt, Amarna
- Number of Elements
- 1
- Culture
- Egyptian
- Animal
- Gazelle
- Measurements
- Height: 12mm | Width: 9mm | Depth: 2mm
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Licensing details
This image may be used under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license. For uses not covered under the Creative Commons license, or to license images for commercial uses,
please contact the Egypt Centre.
- Description
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A fragment of a ring bezel with a gazelle. Gazelles represented their desert habitat which at times represented danger. At other times gazelles were believed to have regenerative powers because of their ability to live in arid areas. They were also connected with the solar, feminine aspects of creation.
- Bibliography
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Petrie W. M. F. Tell el Amarna. London: Methuen & Co., 1894. Pl. XVI. Strandberg, Å. 2009. The Gazelle in Ancient Egyptian Art: Image and Meaning. Uppsala: Uppsala University.
