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

Finger Ring with Cartouche of Thutmose III

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Description

Caption: Finger Ring with Cartouche of Thutmose III, ca. 1292–1190 B.C.E.. Faience, Height: 13/16 in. (2.1 cm) Other (Bezel): Width 7/16 x length 7/8 in. (1.1 x 2.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.890E. (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.

A small oval finger-ring amulet showing an outlined cartouche within an oval bezel, with low-relief sign details on its face.

The image shows a single small Egyptian finger ring/amulet with a rounded-oval setting. The outer border is defined by a raised rim, enclosing an oval field. Inside the field there appear to be vertically arranged sign elements, including a rectangular enclosure/cartouche-like frame at the center with additional stacked characters above and/or around it. The surrounding frame suggests a royal-name cartouche, though the individual hieroglyphs are not clear enough to confidently read the exact king’s name. No other inscriptions, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text are visible. The object surface is dark/gray with a glossy or glazed appearance consistent with faience, and fine casting/relief wear is visible.

decorative New Kingdom (as catalogued); exact reign uncertain from image good
Materials faience-like glazed ceramic (dark gray/black, glossy surface)
Signs cartouche/frame with stacked hieroglyph-like elements (unreadable) ×6

Connections

Found at Thebes
Royals Thutmose III

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.890E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 117480 tier-2
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  • 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.