Ancient Egyptian Ring

10299937_845928745435564_1719634789660550759_n

Gold finger-ring; cornelian bezel in form of cat; wedjat-eye on underside.

AN00136695_001_l

1200px-Carnelian_sard_(mineral_specimen)

From Wikipedia:

Wadjet was closely associated in the Egyptian pantheon with Bast, the fierce goddess depicted as a lioness warrior and protector, as the sun goddess whose eye later became the eye of Horus, the eye of Ra, and as the Lady of Flame.

She later became identified with the war goddess of Lower Egypt, Bast, who acted as another figure symbolic of the nation, consequently becoming Wadjet-Bast. In this role, since Bast was a lioness, Wadjet-Bast was often depicted with a lioness head.

600px-Wadjet_N5139_mp3h8831

Top photos via The British Musem.
Middle photo an example of the source mineral from Wikimedia Commons
Bottom photo Wikimedia Commons.

Via The British Musem.

This entry was posted in Culture, History by . Bookmark the permalink.

About

I design video games for a living, write fiction, political theory and poetry for personal amusement, and train regularly in Western European 16th century swordwork. On frequent occasion I have been known to hunt for and explore abandoned graveyards, train tunnels and other interesting places wherever I may find them, but there is absolutely no truth to the rumor that I am preparing to set off a zombie apocalypse. Nothing that will stand up in court, at least. I use paranthesis with distressing frequency, have a deep passion for history, anthropology and sociological theory, and really, really, really hate mayonnaise. But I wash my hands after the writing. Promise.

Leave a Reply