Egyptian Finger RingUpon death, people who were thought to have lived moral lives were reborn in the
EgyptianFinger RingUpon death, people who were thought to have lived moral lives were reborn in the afterlife as a form of the god Osiris. This ring is inscribed with the title “Osiris,” followed by the owner’s names and titles, attesting to his faith that he would become Osiris after death.Ptolemaic Period, ca. 305-30 BC. Now in the Art Institute of Chicago. -- source link
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