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Ring with Cartouche-Shaped Bezel

Walters Art Museum (Egyptian), acc. 42.417. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 42.417
Dynasty: 21st Dynasty
Date: 1070-940 BCE (Third Intermediate Period)
Date range: 1070 BCE – 940 BCE
Materials: ['faience with blue glaze']
Repository: Walters Art Museum
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Walters Art Museum (Egyptian), Ring with Cartouche-Shaped Bezel (42.417). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/220182

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Description

<p>This example of turquoise-colored faience is chipped and has incrustations in the deeply cut, crisp hieroglyphs which read "May your house flourish, may your lifetime be jubilant under the gifts of Amun of Karnak (and) a high old age."</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.417' rel='external'>Ring with Cartouche-Shaped Bezel</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>

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 turquoise-blue faience ring bezel shaped like an elongated cartouche containing dense hieroglyphic-style incisions.

The object is shown frontally with an elongated, shield-like bezel that narrows slightly at both ends. The bezel is decorated with tightly packed, blue-green faience surfaces and incised hieroglyphic signs filled by the contrast of the engraved lines. A central vertical register arrangement is suggested by the repeating alignment of signs, though the individual signs are too unclear to reliably transcribe. No clearly identifiable deities or royal names/cartouches can be confirmed from the visible incisions at this resolution. The overall tone and material appearance are consistent with blue-glazed faience as stated in the catalogue. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible.

decorative unclear (likely Egyptian, possibly Late Period/Ptolemaic based on general faience-cartouche style) good

Materials faience with blue glazeincised hieroglyphic decoration

Signs incised hieroglyphic signs (unreadable/uncertain) ×25

Connections

Deities Amun

Materials Incised Hieroglyphic Decoration

Cross-references (2)

Walters-AccNum 42.417 tier-2
Walters-id 10184 tier-2

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