Title: Ring of Hatnefer
Object type: Ring, cowroid
Date: ca. 1492–1473 B.C.
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18, early
Reign: reign of Thutmose II–Early Joint reign
Medium: Silver, glazed steatite
Dimensions: Ring: H. 2.3 cm (7/8 in.); W. 2.1 cm (13/16 in.)
Cowroid: L. 1.7 cm (11/16 in.); wW 1.2 cm (1/2 in.); H. 0.7 cm (1/4 in.)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1936
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Sheikh Abd el-Qurna Tomb of Hatnefer and Ramose (below TT 71) Mummy of Hatnefer, middle finger left hand MMA excavations, 1935–36 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Insects, term: Scarabs