TAA i.1.256.ccc

Caption
Object card of gold finger ring
Creator
Howard Carter
Room
Burial chamber
Object(s) referenced (by Carter number)
256.ccc
Material
Card
Ink
Pencil
Measurements
12.5 cm x 20.7 cm (h x w)
Season
4th Season (1925–1926)
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© Griffith Institute,

University of Oxford

Transcription

256, CCC Gold Finger Ring.

 

POSITION:

Second finger of left hand.

 

[ 𓂀 ]

2.45 

1.1

Side of loop the <solar kheper form of the> King's name Kheperu-Neb-Ra of solar kheper

Massive gold ring

Upon bezel deeply in deep intaglio very finely finished and details

engraved the King kneeling, offering the figure of Maat.

Above the Buto-hawk hovering, holding in its talons the shen

symbol

side of loop

The cartouche of the King surmounted by [ 𓂀 ] feathers 

Kep Kheperu-Neb-Ra.

 

A magnificent specimen of goldsmithssic work. The face is an

absolute portrait of the King, showing extraordinary affinity to Akh-en-aten.