Art Institute of Chicago (Egyptian) · jewelry

Ring: Neferkheprure-Waenre (Akhenaton)

Source of record: Art Institute of Chicago (Egyptian) — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

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 green faience ring-shaped/oval scarab-like object with an incised design on a convex face.

The image shows a single, oval/rounded object photographed against a plain light background. The surface is predominantly green with darker brownish areas where the glaze is worn or chipped, suggesting corrosion or loss of surface glaze. On the top half of the face there appears to be a central raised or protected element resembling a stylized motif (possibly a cartouche-like panel or hieroglyphic grouping), while the lower half contains a horizontal band of stacked or block-like elements and a curved line at the bottom. The marks are too worn/blurred to confidently identify specific hieroglyphs, a complete cartouche, or a royal name. No clear deity attributes or fully legible figure is visible, and there is no surrounding inscription, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text evident in the photo.

decorative New Kingdom (18th Dynasty) — uncertain based on visible text/design quality poor
Materials green faience glazeworn/oxidized brownish substrateincised/cast ornament
Signs unknown incised hieroglyphic-like motif (unreadable)

Connections

Royals Akhenaten

Cross-references (1)

  • ARTIC-id 141179 tier-2
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  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Art Institute of Chicago (Egyptian).
  • 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.
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