Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Finger Ring Inscribed with the Cartouches of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Description
Green jasper, 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 rectangular gold ring with an engraved green stone showing hieroglyphic inscriptions.
The artifact is a piece of jewelry, specifically a ring, featuring a rectangular green stone set in gold. The stone is engraved with Egyptian hieroglyphs, which are enclosed within cartouches, suggesting a royal significance. The style is typical of Egyptian craftsmanship with intricate detailing in both the metalwork and inscribed stone, showing a blend of aesthetic elegance and symbolic importance.
royal
New Kingdom
excellent
Materials
goldstone
Signs
Ankh
Heh
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116235384 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 15.6.22 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545428 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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