Ring Bezel with Throne Name of Smenkhkare
Ring Bezel with Throne Name of Smenkhkare
Place of OriginEgypt, Amarna
Dateabout 1358 BCE
DimensionsDiam: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)
MediumClay; glazed.
ClassificationJewelry
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1926.101
Not on View
DescriptionBezel of signet ring. Lavender glaze.
Label TextThis bezel from a signet ring, found in Amarna, is inscribed with the prenomen of Smenkhkare—Ankhkheprure—alongside the epithet “Beloved of Waenre,” referring to Akhenaten. Smenkhkare was a short-lived pharaoh, possibly co-regent or successor to Akhenaten, during the Amarna period.
about 1360 BCE
around 1360 BCE
Not earlier than 19th Dynasty
XIIth Dynasty, 1849-1801 BCE
19th Dynasty, 1292-1225 BCE
2nd Millennium BCE
1400-1362 BCE
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18-20 or later
1st century BCE - 1st century CE
1st century BCE - 1st century CE
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