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Ring of Ankhsenpaten

General Information

Blue faience ring bezel inscribed with name of Princess Ankhsenpaten.

Number	12481
Storing Place	Petrie Museum - London - United Kingdom
Material	Faience
Type	Ring
Type of Script	Hieroglyphic
Discovery Place	Tell Al Amarna - El- Menia Governate - Egypt
Width	1.2 cm
Height	1.9 cm
Historical Period	The Eighteenth Dynasty – The New Kingdom

General Comments

Ankhesenamun was a queen of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt. Born as Ankhesenpaaten, she was the third of six known daughters of the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten and his great royal wife Nefertiti, and became the great royal wife of her (half-)brother Tutankhamun.

Inscriptions on the Monument

The text

Transliteration

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

anx s pA itn

Translation

Ankhsenpaten

Scientific Publishing

W. M. F. Petrie, Tell el Amarna, (London , 1894), pl. XV, 115.