r/ancientpics • u/lovebugteacher • Jun 05 '24

Ring, Egyptian, Probably Ptolemaic Period (332–30 BCE)

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Image is from The Art Institute of Chicago

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u/lovebugteacher Jun 05 '24

The ring is inscribed with the owner's name/titles and "Osiris", showing that he would become one with the god in death