Finger Ring depicting King Akhenaten and Queen Nefertiti as Shu and Tefnut

Medium

Gold

Dimensions

diam. 2.5 cm (1 in); l. of bezel 2.3 cm (7/8 in)

Classification

Ring with Akhenaten and Nefertiti as the deities Shu and Tefnut; TW-STOP14

Period

New Kingdom, Amarna Period

Department

Egyptian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926

Accession Number

26.7.767

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