Finger Ring with Cartouche of Akhenaten New KingdomEgypt
Description
Object Label: Jewelry Glass and faience were both difficult materials for making jewelry. Eighteenth Dynasty artisans frequently created glass reproductions of traditional metal and stone forms. These early glassworkers, still perfecting their skills, often reduced intricate details like inscriptions to simple lines. Late Eighteenth Dynasty faiencemanufacturers produced mold-made rings inscribed with royal names. Because these pieces were too fragile to have been worn, they were most likely distributed as royal keepsakes at state occasions. Caption: Finger Ring with Cartouche of Akhenaten, ca. 1353–1336 B.C.E.. Faience, Diam. 13/16 x Length of bezel 11/16 in. (2 x 1.8 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, 16.253. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.253 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3166 tier-2
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