Shield Ring with Amun's Head

Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
published on 04 January 2015

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Shield Ring with Amun's Head — Golden shield ring with a ram's head representing the god Amun, from the treasure of the Nubian queen Amanishakheto, Pyramid N6, Meroe, modern-day northern Sudan. Meroitic period, c. 1 CE.

State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich.

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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