Faience Ring

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

DateNew Kingdom, Dynasty 18, about 1350 BCE

DimensionsH: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm); W: 5/16 in. (0.8 cm)

MediumEgyptian faience.

ClassificationJewelry

Credit LineGift of the Egypt Exploration Society

Object number

1925.718

Not on View

DescriptionFrom Amarna.

Label TextThis blue faience ring was excavated in 1923–1924 by the Egypt Exploration Society at Amarna, the capital city founded by Pharaoh Akhenaten. Such rings were among the many personal ornaments recovered from domestic areas during the expedition. The object was distributed to the Toledo Museum of Art through the official division of finds, a system by which the EES shared documented archaeological material with major museums around the world.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.).