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Taylor, Gerard and Scarisbrick, Diana. Finger Rings from Ancient Egypt to the Present Day, London and Oxford, 1978.

References

(N.B. references by author and date cited below appear in the  descriptions of rings; unless otherwise noted exhibition catalogues are cited under the name of the principle author or editor).
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Boardman, 1977
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Deloche, 1900
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DeRicci, 1912
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Distelberger, 2002
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Evans, 1931
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Evans, 1953
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Farges, 1998
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Giuliano, 1989
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Gohr, 2000
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Gonosová and Kondolean, 1994
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Hadjadj, 2004
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Hadjadj, 2008
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Haedecke, 2000
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Harlow, 1997
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Henig, 1994
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Hindman et al., 2014
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Jackson, 1905
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Jessup, 1950
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Johns, 1983
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Johns, 1996
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Kagan, 1973
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Kagan, 2000
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Kalavrezou, 2002
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Kantorowicz, 1960
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Kris, 1929
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Lightfoot, 1985
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Marshall, 1908
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Menghin, 2007
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Muller, 1972
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Murdoch, 1991
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Oates, 1981
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Ogden, 1983
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Oman, 1930
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Oman, 1974
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Or des Princes barbares, 2000
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Pichon, 1897
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Power of Love, 1988
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Scarisbrick, 1995
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Scarisbrick, 2004
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Scarisbrick and Henig, 2003
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Seidmann, 1981
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Seidmann, 1983
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Seidmann, 1989
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Smith, 1908
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Somers Cocks, 1980
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Spier, 1992
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Spier, 2010
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Spier, 2012
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Tait, 1986
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Tillander, 1995
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Vikan, 1987
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Wardropper, 2000
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Yeroulanou, 1999
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Zucker, 1984
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