Ring Inscribed with the Throne Name of Amenhotep III

Ring Inscribed with the Throne Name of Amenhotep III

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The hieroglyphs inscribed on the ring bezel identify the king by his throne name Nebmaatre and state that he was chosen by the god Re.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ring Inscribed with the Throne Name of Amenhotep IIIRing Inscribed with the Throne Name of Amenhotep IIIRing Inscribed with the Throne Name of Amenhotep IIIRing Inscribed with the Throne Name of Amenhotep IIIRing Inscribed with the Throne Name of Amenhotep 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.