Ring of Hatshepsut
General Information

Gold finger-ring: the ring is formed from a turquoise green glazed composition scarab as bezel. The scarab which is set in a gold mount and has finely marked details on its back is inscribed with the throne name of Queen Hatshepsut flanked by hieroglyphs.

Number 49717
Storing Place The British Museum - London - United Kingdom
Material Gold and semiprecious stones
Type Ring
Type of Script Hieroglyphic
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 )

nTrt nfrt mAat kA Ra anx.ti


Translation

The good goddess Maatkare, may she live.

Scientific Publishing

C. Andrews, Ancient Egyptian Jewellery, (London, 1990), 164, no146c.