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Scarab Finger Ring with the Names of Thutmose III and Hatshepsut

New Kingdom
ca. 1473–1458 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 118
This ring is inscribed on the underside of the scarab with the names of the joint rulers Hatshepsut and Thutmose III. Its bezel is mounted on a swivel, allowing the scarab to be flipped and be used as a seal. Its underside could be impressed onto mud sealings that sealed documents or the content of bags and chests.

The inscriptions reads "The Good God, Menkheperre, given life, (and) the Good Goddess, Maatkare, may she live!" The piece has been identified as having belonged to a foreign wife of Thutmose III. It was possibly something bestowed as a mark of royal favor rather than used as an official seal, because it seems too large to have been worn by a woman.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Scarab Finger Ring with the Names of Thutmose III and Hatshepsut
  • Period: New Kingdom
  • Dynasty: Dynasty 18
  • Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
  • Date: ca. 1473–1458 BCE
  • Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D, Tomb of the Three Foreign Wives of Thutmose III
  • Medium: Gold, lapis lazuli
  • Dimensions: Diam. 2.5 cm (1 in.); l. of scarab 1.5 cm (9/16 in.)
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
  • Object Number: 26.7.764
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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