Ring Inscribed with the Throne Name of Amenhotep III
Description
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, ca. 1390–1352 B.C. Faience. Bezel L. 2.15 cm (7/8 in.). From: Palace of Amenhotep III, Malqata, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1910–11. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1911.
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 turquoise-blue faience oval ring with a recessed oval bezel containing dark incised/painted signs resembling hieroglyphs.
The object is photographed against a white background. It appears as a small, oval ring with a glossy turquoise-blue surface (consistent with faience) and a thicker outer band. The interior/central field is outlined by a raised border, forming an oval cartouche-like panel. Within this panel, dark pigment or incision marks form a small sequence of hieroglyphic signs; a rounded sign at the top and two vertical/banded cross-like strokes on both sides are visible, along with a curved lower sign resembling a seated/arched element. The overall layout suggests an inscription rather than figural decoration. No other readable text is visible, and no deities or fully legible royal names are confidently identifiable from the photo alone.
Inscriptions (1)
Visible text (machine reading)
About this record's data
- 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.
- 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.