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Coptic. <em>Finger Ring with Inscription</em>, 5th-6th century C.E. Gold, Diam. 5/8 in. (1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.320. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.320_view1_ICA.jpg)
Coptic. Finger Ring with Inscription, 5th-6th century C.E. Gold, Diam. 5/8 in. (1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.320. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.320_view1_ICA.jpg)
Coptic. <em>Finger Ring with Inscription</em>, 5th-6th century C.E. Gold, Diam. 5/8 in. (1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.320. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.320_view1_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. Finger Ring with Inscription, 5th-6th century C.E. Gold, Diam. 5/8 in. (1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.320. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.320_view1_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Finger Ring with Inscription</em>, 5th-6th century C.E. Gold, Diam. 5/8 in. (1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.320. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.320_view2_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. Finger Ring with Inscription, 5th-6th century C.E. Gold, Diam. 5/8 in. (1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.320. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.320_view2_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Finger Ring with Inscription</em>, 5th-6th century C.E. Gold, Diam. 5/8 in. (1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.320. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.320_view4_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. Finger Ring with Inscription, 5th-6th century C.E. Gold, Diam. 5/8 in. (1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.320. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.320_view4_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Finger Ring with Inscription</em>, 5th-6th century C.E. Gold, Diam. 5/8 in. (1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.320. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.320_view3_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. Finger Ring with Inscription, 5th-6th century C.E. Gold, Diam. 5/8 in. (1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.320. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.320_view3_ICA.jpg)

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Finger Ring with Inscription

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

CULTURE Coptic
MEDIUM Gold
  • Reportedly From: Benha, Egypt
    • DATES 5th-6th century C.E.
    PERIOD Late Antique Period
    DIMENSIONS Diam. 5/8 in. (1.6 cm)  (show scale)
    INSCRIPTIONS In two lines: Tibepinov
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 16.320
    CREDIT LINE Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Gold finger ring. Hoop a strip of gold the edges folded inward. 8 sides; diminishing at back in width. On front face an incised inscription Tibepinov in two lines separated by a palm branch. To left an 8 pointed star or rosette; to right a crescent and a small cross. Condition: Broken at back.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Coptic. Finger Ring with Inscription, 5th-6th century C.E. Gold, Diam. 5/8 in. (1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.320. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.320_view1_ICA.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, CUR.16.320_view1_ICA.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), 2007
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    Coptic. <em>Finger Ring with Inscription</em>, 5th-6th century C.E. Gold, Diam. 5/8 in. (1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.320. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.320_view1_ICA.jpg)

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    5th-6th century C.E.
    Benha
    Byzantine
    Byzantine Period
    Egypt
    Finger
    Gold
    Ring

    TAGS

    5th-6th century C.E.
    Benha
    Byzantine
    Byzantine Period
    Egypt
    Finger
    Gold
    Ring

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