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

Ring with Cartouche of Ramesses II

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Description

Caption: Ring with Cartouche of Ramesses II, ca. 1279–1213 B.C.E.. Faience, 1/4 × Diam. 13/16 in. (0.7 × 2.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.254. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

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

Small bezel/set ring with an oval cartouche-like bezel showing relief incised hieroglyphic signs; object appears turquoise/green with darkened surface.

The image shows a small ring (likely a signet ring) photographed against a light fabric background. The bezel is an elongated oval with a raised border and the interior filled with compact, tightly spaced incised/relief hieroglyphic signs consistent with a cartouche inscription. The ring is predominantly turquoise-green in color with darker green/brown patina in recesses and along the incised lines. The metal/core of the ring is not clearly visible; only the green surface layer is apparent. No clear additional figures (deities) are visible beyond the cartouche inscription. The cartouche text is too small/blurred to transcribe confidently, but it is positioned as if reading within an oval frame. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible.

decorative New Kingdom (Ramesside period) based on catalogue; visual evidence limited due to image resolution good
Materials Faience-like turquoise glaze/patina
Signs Cartouche/oval frame enclosing royal hieroglyphs (unreadable)

Connections

Royals Ramesses II

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 16.254 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 9513 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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