Fragment of a faience ring bezel
- Accession Number
- EC3046
- Current Location
- House of Life (first floor), Amarna case
- Object Type
- Jewellery, Finger ring, Bezel
- Period
- New Kingdom
- Dynasty
- Eighteenth Dynasty
- Tutankhamun
- Material
- Faience
- Provenance
- Egypt, Amarna
- Measurements
- Height: 13mm | Width: 7mm | Depth: 4mm
- Number of Elements
- 1
- Culture
- Egyptian
Licensing details
- Description
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A ring bezel fragment showing the prenomen of Tutankhamun (nb-ḫprw-rꜥ) in cobalt blue faience. Type I.A.4a. The use of ring bezels bearing a kings name could be seen as kingly propaganda or a demand from the populace for the protection, connection with divinity, or social status resulting from contact with the king's name.
- Bibliography
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Boyce, Andrew 1989. Notes on the manufacture and use of faience rings at Amarna. In Kemp, Barry J. (ed.), Amarna reports V, 160–168. London: Egypt Exploration Society. Petrie, W. M. Flinders 1894. Tell el Amarna. London: Methuen & Co. [pl. XV. 108] Shaw, Ian 1984. Ring bezels at el-Amarna. In Kemp, Barry J. (ed.), Amarna reports I, 124–132. London: Egypt Exploration Society. Stevens, Anna 2006. Private religion at Amarna: the material evidence. BAR International Series 1587. Oxford: Archaeopress. [p. 66–67]
- Acquisition
- Unknown
- Last modified: 23 May 2021