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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.
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