Art Institute of Chicago (Egyptian) · jewelry

Ring: Menphetyre (Ramesses I)

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.

Small turquoise-blue faience signet-style ring fragment with an oval bezel containing a central incised design that resembles a hieroglyph-like or royal cartouche element.

The image shows a small, oval bezel ring made in a turquoise/blue-green material. The bezel is set within a simple band, and the face of the bezel contains a recessed, darkened outline of an inscription or symbol. The central motif appears to include vertical and horizontal strokes, but the specific hieroglyphs or the full form of any cartouche cannot be confidently read from this resolution/angle. No clear animal/deity iconography is visible. The background is neutral gray, and the object is photographed in isolation with no surrounding text.

decorative New Kingdom, Ramesside period (exact reign unclear from image) good

Materials Faience (blue-green glaze)

Signs incised hieroglyph-like strokes (unidentified)

Visible text "Unclear; recessed incised strokes on the bezel face resemble a hieroglyph/cartouche element but are not legible enough to transcribe."

Connections

Royals Ramesses I

Cross-references (1)

ARTIC-id 141217 tier-2

About this record's data

From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Art Institute of Chicago (Egyptian).
AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.