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Jewelry: faience finger ring fragment

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: street G 7000, G 7152, street G 7200, G 7156

Fragment of faience ring bezel; soft white paste, green glaze, part of name incised, [nb-xprw-ra] Nebkheperure, Tutankhamen (Dynasty 18). Illustration: Yes with hieroglyphs

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_26-1-419
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Jewelry & adornment-Rings
  • Findspot
    Street G 7000
  • Material
    Faience
  • Dimensions
    Width: 1.1 cm Length: 1.9+ cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 27.952
  • Date of Register Entry
    01/10/1926
  • Owner
    Tutankhamen
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

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Ancient People

  • Tutankhamen

    • Type Owner
    • Remarks King during Dynasty 18 of ancient Egypt’s New Kingdom; came to the throne at age nine and ruled nine years until his untimely death. His spectacular tomb, discovered in 1922 by Egyptologist Howard Carter in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, contained many rich treasures, which may be seen today in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. Despite ruling over a thousand years after the pyramids were built, Tut and other kings of his dynasty continued to visit and venerate the sacred site of Giza, building small chapels and rest-houses, and setting up inscribed dedications to the Sphinx. Prenomen [nb-xprw-ra] Nebkheperure.