egypt-museum:Signet Ring of Amenhotep IISolid-cast gold signet ring with swiveling rectangular bezel

egypt-museum:Signet Ring of Amenhotep IISolid-cast gold signet ring with swiveling rectangular bezel inscribed on one side with the throne name of pharaoh Amenhotep II and epithets: “the perfect god, son of Amun, mighty lord”; and on the other side, “the one who fights against hundred thousands, son of Ra, Amenhotep, divine ruler of Heliopolis”. The ring was likely to have been given as a gift to one of Amenhotep’s officials and can be compared with a ring inscribed with the prenomen of Amenhotep father, pharaoh Thutmose III, known now as the ‘Ashburnham Ring’ (British Museum inv. EA71492) which formed part of the burial assemblage of General Djehuty, whose tomb was discovered in the 1820s at Saqqara.New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, reign of Amenhotep II, ca. 1427-1401 BC. Now in the World Museum, National Museums Liverpool.M11437 -- source link
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