Finger Ring Inscribed with the Cartouches of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III

Finger Ring Inscribed with the Cartouches of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This square-cut jasper ring, is inscribed with the cartouches of Thutmose III (at left) and Hatshepsut (at right). The inscription on its reverse reads "The First Prophet of Horus of Nekhen, Tjeni," suggesting that it may actually have been used as a working seal.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Finger Ring Inscribed with the Cartouches of Hatshepsut and Thutmose IIIFinger Ring Inscribed with the Cartouches of Hatshepsut and Thutmose IIIFinger Ring Inscribed with the Cartouches of Hatshepsut and Thutmose IIIFinger Ring Inscribed with the Cartouches of Hatshepsut and Thutmose IIIFinger Ring Inscribed with the Cartouches of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III

The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.