Signet Ring Bearing the Name of Amunhotep II
Description
Object Label: The enemies of Ma'at took many forms, but none was more immediate or threatening than hostile foreigners. From earliest times, Egyptian artisans made images of the king smiting enemies with his mace or war club in a symbolic pose of triumph. These representations ranged in size from huge reliefs on temple walls to tiny figures on finger rings. Rings such as this example served as effective amulets, ensuring the wearer of victory over obstacles that threatened the order of his or her life or afterlife. Caption: Signet Ring Bearing the Name of Amunhotep II, ca. 1426–1400 B.C.E.. Silver, 1/2 × 7/8 × 7/8 in. (1.3 × 2.2 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.726E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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.
The image shows a silver signet ring with a rectangular bezel engraved with Egyptian-style iconography and hieroglyph-like marks.
A silver signet ring is photographed from the front. The band is rounded and thick, and the bezel is a flat rectangular panel set at the top center. On the bezel, there are incised shapes resembling hieroglyphs or seal motifs; a central vertical/club-like element and surrounding symbols are visible, with a small cluster of marks near the center. No readable full cartouche or royal name is clearly legible at this resolution, and no explicit deity figure is distinct enough to confirm. The object surface shows minor wear/pitting consistent with age or handling, but the engraving remains visible.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.726E tier-2
- BKM-Object 4092 tier-2
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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