ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Ring with Name of Thutmose III

Place CreatedEgypt, Africa

CultureEgyptian

PeriodNew Kingdom

Date1479-1077 BCE

MediumFaience, bronze

Credit LineGift of the Michael C. Carlos Museum Board in honor of James B. Miller, Jr.

Dimensions5/8 x 1 in. (1.6 x 2.5 cm)

Object number2003.057.001

Label TextThis ring features impressed images on both sides and the copper setting allowed for the bezel to flip, revealing each of the two images. On one side stands the figure of the king on the hieroglyphic sign nb, meaning "all". He holds a crook in his left hand and a cloth in his right and wears an ureaus on his brow, all symbols of the king's authority. A cartouche sits before the king identifying him as Thutmose III. On the other side of the bezel is a hieroglyphic phrase that reads: "The good god, lord of the two lands, Thuthmose, beloved of Amun Re". The ring emphasizes the supremacy of the king and his relationship to the gods in both word and image and would have perhaps been worn in both life and death by its owner.
Exhibition HistoryFrom Pharaohs to Emperors: New Egyptian and Classical Antiquities at Emory, Michael C. Carlos Museum, January 14 - April 2, 2006
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, 2006 - July 29, 2026
Published ReferencesMCCM Newsletter, December 2003 - February 2004.

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ProvenancePurchased by MCCM from Sue McGovern-Huffman [Sands of Time Antiquities], Kemah, Texas.

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