Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · jewelry

Signet Ring Bearing the Name Ramesses II

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Description

Caption: Signet Ring Bearing the Name Ramesses II, ca. 1152–1145 B.C.E.. Bronze, 13/16 × 5/8 × 1 in. (2.1 × 1.6 × 2.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.873E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06

Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

An ancient Egyptian scarab seal featuring hieroglyphic inscriptions.

The image depicts a scarab seal with a series of clearly carved hieroglyphs. The scarab is an oval shape and is typical of personal seals used in ancient Egypt for official documents or personal belongings. The composition includes a few discernible hieroglyphs arranged in a vertical layout, common in seal designs. The style is consistent with the widespread use of scarabs during various periods in Egyptian history for protective and administrative purposes.

hieroglyphic only unknown good
Materials stone
Signs Sun disk Seated man

Connections

Found at Saqqara
Materials Stone

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.873E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 117464 tier-2
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  • AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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