Egyptian Jewelers Marks?

by linda silljer
(regina, sask. canada)

i had done this once before but here goes. I have a ring which has been checked out by an egyptologist and he said the markings are fake markings. in the eighteen hundreds many jewelers didnt have the equipment to put their whole name on the pieces so they used egyptian markings. he told me that the first one could represent the maker the middle one the factory and the third one was the gold content. my ring tests sixteen to eighteen carat gold hand made in russia. Also he said the russians were famous for using egyptian markings. i am looking to found out the exact meaning of the markings.