Clay Ring Mold

Place of OriginEgypt, Akhetaten (modern Tell el-Amarna)

Date18th Dynasty (1550-1292 BCE), about 1350 BCE

DimensionsH: 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm); W: 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm)

MediumBaked clay.

ClassificationUtilitarian Objects

Credit LineGift of the Egypt Exploration Society

Object number

1925.701

Not on View

DescriptionFrom Amarna.

Label TextThis clay mold for a ring bezel was excavated in 1922 by the Egypt Exploration Society at Akhetaten (modern Amarna), the capital founded by Pharaoh Akhenaten. Such molds were used in the production of faience or metal rings, often bearing inscriptions or protective symbols. This example was officially distributed to the Toledo Museum of Art through the EES’s division of finds from that season.Published ReferencesPeck, William H., Sandra E. Knudsen and Paula Reich, Egypt in Toledo: The Ancient Egyptian Collection at the Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Toledo Museum of Art, 2011, p. 70, repr. (col.).