Ring with Cartouche of Ramesses II
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.
Connections
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.254 tier-2
- BKM-Object 9513 tier-2
About this record's data
- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.