Ring Inscribed with the Throne Name of Amenhotep III ca. 1390–1352 New Kingdom Amenhotep III ruled for almost four decades near the end of Dynasty 18 in the New Kingdom. He was the father of Akhenaten (sometimes referred to as the heretic king), and probably the grandfather of Tutankhamun. During Amenhotep's thirtieth year on the throne, he celebrated a rejuvination festival called the heb sed, which was repeated twice more before his death sometime in year 38 of his reign. As part of the celebration, thousands of rings were made of Egyptian faience, a ceramic material made of quartz frit
Ring Inscribed with the Throne Name of Amenhotep III ca. 1390–1352 New Kingdom Amenhotep III ruled for almost four decades near the end of Dynasty 18 in the New Kingdom. He was the father of Akhenaten (sometimes referred to as the heretic king), and probably the grandfather of Tutankhamun. During Amenhotep's thirtieth year on the throne, he celebrated a rejuvination festival called the heb sed, which was repeated twice more before his death sometime in year 38 of his reign. As part of the celebration, thousands of rings were made of Egyptian faience, a ceramic material made of quartz frit that was mixed into a paste, pressed into molds, and fired. Dozens of complete rings, and many thousands of fragments, were uncovered during the Museum's excavations at the site of Malqata where the festivals took majority of the rings found at Malqata were colored with a turquoise blue glaze, but others were dark blue, green, red, yellow, or a combination of Ring Inscribed with the Throne Name of Amenhotep III. ca. 1390–1352 Faience. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Malqata, Palace of Amenhotep III, MMA excavations, 1910–11. Dynasty 18
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