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Finger Ring with the Throne Name of King Horemheb

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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 turquoise-blue faience finger ring with an oval bezel bearing an incised cartouche-like inscription or throne-name field.

The image shows a small finger ring viewed from the front, with a rounded oval bezel set on a thin circular band. The bezel surface is decorated with black, incised symbols arranged in a compact band; the characters appear to be parts of an Egyptian royal name but the exact signs are not clearly legible at this resolution. No deities are explicitly identifiable from the visible motifs. The surrounding object is photographed against a plain light background, with even illumination highlighting the glossy blue glaze typical of faience. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible, and no additional inscriptions are apparent elsewhere on the band.

decorative New Kingdom (late 18th Dynasty) — unclear specific reign good
Royals Horemheb
Materials faience (glazed blue ceramic)
Signs incised hieroglyph-like symbols within an oval bezel (royal-name-style band) ×10
Visible text "unknown/illegible hieroglyphic signs within the oval bezel; no reliably readable throne-name excerpt from the image."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1

English description

Throne name (prenomen) of King Horemheb: "Djeser-kheperu-Re Setep-en-Re."

Connections

Royals Horemheb

Cross-references (1)

  • ARTIC-id 141212 tier-2

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