Ring Inscribed with the Throne Name of Amenhotep III
Description
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, ca. 1390–1352 B.C. Faience. L. 2.2 cm (7/8 in.); w. 1.2 cm (1/2 in.). From: Palace of Amenhotep III, Malqata, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1910–11. Subject: Hieroglyphs. 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 green faience ring with an oval bezel containing molded hieroglyphs, likely a royal titulary inscription.
The object appears to be a finger ring made of green glazed faience. The bezel is an oval cartouche-like field filled with incised/molded hieroglyphic signs. Within the oval, multiple vertical and horizontal signs are visible, including a prominent form resembling a seated or standing royal figure/standing legs motif associated with royal names; however, the exact throne-name text cannot be read with certainty from this image quality and angle. No cartouche borders beyond the bezel outline are clearly separable from the molded field. The glaze shows mottling and wear; edges of the bezel and ring band are abraded. No other scripts (Greek/Coptic/Arabic) are visible.
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.
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