Ring Fragment
Description
Ring fragment, Taweret. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, ca. 1390–1352 B.C. Faience, violet. L. 1.5 cm (9/16 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.
Photograph of a small, curved faience fragment shaped like part of an Egyptian ring, with a dark violet surface and several molded openings.
The object is shown isolated against a light background. It appears as a fragment of a hoop/setting with a flattened, curved profile. The surface is predominantly violet/dark blue-violet with a granular, glossy glaze typical of faience. On the front face, recessed molded shapes form a symmetrical design with multiple oval/rectangular cutouts/voids (at least three openings visible). A vertical ridge-like element and partial border thickness suggest this fragment belonged to a larger ring bezel or decorative cartouche-like mount, but no clear hieroglyphs or cartouches are legible on the exposed area. No inscriptions, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text are visible in the image.
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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).
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