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Finger Ring with Names of Amun-Re in a Cartouche

Walters Art Museum (Egyptian), acc. 42.418. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 42.418
Dynasty: 21st Dynasty
Date: 1070-940 BCE (Third Intermediate Period)
Date range: 1070 BCE – 940 BCE
Materials: ['Egyptian faience with pale green glaze']
Repository: Walters Art Museum
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Walters Art Museum (Egyptian), Finger Ring with Names of Amun-Re in a Cartouche (42.418). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/220590

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Description

<p>In this greenish faience example the surface within the signs is well preserved and bluer than the rest of the ring. The inscription reads "He who is on the seat of Amun-Re'-Kamutef." This god was honored in a special cult at Karnak.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.418' rel='external'>Finger Ring with Names of Amun-Re in a Cartouche</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 pale green glazed faience finger-ring with molded hieroglyphic inscriptions and a cartouche-like frame on the bezel.

The image shows a single finger ring viewed from the face/beiél side. The bezel is oval and covered with raised (molded) signs. The signs include rectangular/cartouche-like framing elements and additional hieroglyphic strokes and wedges arranged in horizontal bands across the surface. The center area contains a complex arrangement of raised lines and shapes consistent with hieroglyphic spelling, though the exact grouping is not fully legible at this resolution. No separate Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. No cartouches are clearly readable as specific royal names; the inscription appears to be the intended divine or theonym text.

decorative unknown (likely Late Period to Ptolemaic faience small amuletic/inscribed jewelry; exact date unclear) good

Deities Amun-Re (Amun-Ra) (implied by catalogue; exact text not fully legible in image)

Materials Egyptian faience with pale green glaze

Signs Cartouche-like frame / enclosing band Unspecified hieroglyphic signs (molded) ×15

Visible text "Raised hieroglyphic inscription bands and a cartouche-like frame are present; specific reading of Amun-Re name not reliably legible from the provided image resolution."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Raised hieroglyphic inscription bands and a cartouche-like frame are present; specific reading of Amun-Re name not reliably legible from the provided image resolution.

Connections

Deities Amun Ra Amun-Ra

Cross-references (2)

Walters-AccNum 42.418 tier-2
Walters-id 36076 tier-2

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From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Walters Art Museum (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.
Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.