Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry

Ring Fragment

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Description

Ring fragment, maat. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, ca. 1390–1352 B.C. Faience, blue. L. 1.4 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.

Blue faience ring fragment shaped like a small rounded bezel/side segment, with worn decorative surface.

The image shows a small, sky-blue faience fragment with a rounded/hemispherical profile. The exterior surface has raised, glossy decoration that has been partially abraded; the central area appears to contain clustered raised elements that could form stylized motifs, but the exact figure/signs are too worn to read reliably. No clearly legible hieroglyphs, cartouches, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text are visible. The fragment’s edges and many details are chipped and abraded, suggesting a broken ring element rather than a complete inscription-bearing object.

unclear New Kingdom (as catalogued; exact dating unclear from image alone) fragmentary
Materials blue faience

Connections

Found at Malqata
Deities Maat
Materials Blue Faience
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