Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Finger ring, likely belonging to Queen Tiye
Description
Gold
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A gold ring with an engraved oval bezel depicting hieroglyphic symbols.
The gold ring features a prominent engraved oval bezel with clearly visible hieroglyphic symbols. The craftsmanship suggests a piece of jewelry made with careful attention to detail, possibly indicating a status symbol or a protective amulet. The hieroglyphs likely include symbols of religious or royal significance, typical for personal adornments of the time.
hieroglyphic only
New Kingdom
excellent
Materials
gold
Signs
Ankh
Djed
Was scepter
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116247547 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.7.767 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544679 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.