Archer's ring 300 – 350 Meroitic Period The site of Faras was a major center of Lower Nubia during the Meroitic period (300 – 350). The excavations of the cemetery led to the discovery of important funerary material, including twelve archer’s rings. This example was fashioned in granodiorite-tonalite (sources are known in the Eastern Desert of Egypt and south of Aswan) and has a slightly flared shape. It is light grey with dark grey Archer's ring. 300 – 350. Tonalite. Meroitic Period. From Nubia (Sudan), Lower Nubia, Faras, Cemetery 1, Grave 54, University of Ox
Archer's ring 300 – 350 Meroitic Period The site of Faras was a major center of Lower Nubia during the Meroitic period (300 – 350). The excavations of the cemetery led to the discovery of important funerary material, including twelve archer’s rings. This example was fashioned in granodiorite-tonalite (sources are known in the Eastern Desert of Egypt and south of Aswan) and has a slightly flared shape. It is light grey with dark grey Archer's ring. 300 – 350. Tonalite. Meroitic Period. From Nubia (Sudan), Lower Nubia, Faras, Cemetery 1, Grave 54, University of Oxford Excavations in Nubia, 1910–12
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