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Ring of Queen Ty

General Information

Signet ring; elegant, stirrup-shaped, oval bezel with carved left-facing hieroglyphs.

Number	8428
Storing Place	Kunsthistorisches Museum - Vienna - Austria
Material	Faience
Type	Ring
Type of Script	Hieroglyphic
Width	1.07 cm
Historical Period	The Eighteenth Dynasty – The New Kingdom

Inscriptions on the Monument

Transliteration

( If the Hieroglyphic,Demotic or Hieratic text is not appearing clear, install this file )

Hmt nsw ty

Translation

The royal wife Ty.

Scientific Publishing

Katalog "Von Babylon bis Jerusalem. Die Welt der altorientalischen Königsstädte", Mannheim (1999) 49f., Kat.Nr. 63.