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Seal Ring with Name of Tutankhamun

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Description

<p>This piece is a flimsily constructed pale turquoise-colored faience ring. The throne name of King Tutankhamun (Menkheperre) is impressed on the bezel.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.386' rel='external'>Seal Ring with Name of Tutankhamun</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>

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.

An oval seal-ring bezel with blue glazed Egyptian faience, showing an incised royal name/cartouche-like device on the face.

The object is a small, oval/teardrop-shaped bezel or seal-ring head with a smooth blue glaze covering a light-colored core. On the upper face, a recessed, incised motif is visible: it resembles a bordered cartouche or hieroglyphic grouping, with a prominent looped/curving sign at center and additional smaller incisions below. No clearly legible individual hieroglyphs or the full name are readable from the image resolution. No separate Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. The overall style and material color are consistent with an Egyptian faience seal impression element, but the exact royal name cannot be confirmed from the image.

decorative New Kingdom (18th dynasty), Tutankhamun period (early 14th century BCE) (uncertain based on image legibility) good
Royals Tutankhamun (catalogue attribution; not legible/confirmable from image)
Materials Egyptian faience with blue glaze
Signs cartouche-like bordered hieroglyphic arrangement (incised)

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1

English description

[Inscription] Tut-ankh-amun (Menkheperre)

Connections

Royals Tutankhamun

Cross-references (2)

  • Walters-AccNum 42.386 tier-2
  • Walters-id 5489 tier-2

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