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A blue faience ring displays the figure of a seated cat in side-view, with its head turned towards the front. The ring still shines with highlights from the glaze. Faience was made by grinding quartz or sand crystals together with various amounts of sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, and copper oxide. The resulting substance was formed into whatever shape was desired and then heated. Photo: Public domain

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A blue faience ring displays the figure of a seated cat in side-view, with its head turned towards the front. The ring still shines with highlights from the glaze. Faience was made by grinding quartz or sand crystals together with various amounts of sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, and copper oxide. The resulting substance was formed into whatever shape was desired and then heated. Photo: Public domain
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chickweed (earthchild@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 18-Jun-2023 19:57:20 JST chickweed

Ring with figure of seated cat. 18th Dynasty, ca. 1390 BC. Egyptian faience. Art Institute of Chicago.
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/141240/ring-figure-of-seated-cat
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The most ancient rings found to date belong to the Paleolithic period and come from the site of Pavlov in the Czech Republic. They are made of mammoth bone and are 21,000 years old. One theory is that in the beginning rings were used as an exchange unit, with easy and secure “storage” on the fingers.
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2016/08/09/history-ring/#:~:text=The%20most%20ancient%20rings%20found,“storage”%20on%20the%20fingers.

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