Four Seal Amulets, One in a Ring

Ring, Early 18th Dynasty, reign of Thutmose III (r. 1479-1425 B.C.).
Glazed steatite, gold.
Ring: Diam. 2.6 cm (1 in.).
Amulet: L 1.5 cm (5/8 in.), W. 0.75 cm (5/16 in.),
H. 0.6 cm (1/4 in.).
Theodore M. Davis Collection, 1915 (30.8.564);

Seal Amulet, Early 18th Dynasty, reign of Thutmose III (r. 1479-1425 B.C.).
Glazed steatite.
H. 1.75 cm (3/4 in.), W 1.28 cm (1/2 in.).
Theodore M. Davis Collection, 1915 (30.8.418);

Seal Amulet, Early 18th Dynasty, reign of Thutmose III (r. 1479-1425 B.C.).
Glazed steatite.
L. 1.3 cm (1/2 in.), W. 0.8 cm (5/16 in.),
H. 0.6 cm (1/4 in.).
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917 (17.190.2011); and

Seal Amulet, Early 18th Dynasty, reign of Thutmose III (r. 1479-1425 B.C.).
Glazed steatite, gold.
H. 2.75 cm (1 1/8 in.), Diam. 1 cm (3/8 in.).
Theodore M. Davis Collection, 1915 (30.8.433).
The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

All four of these seal amulets have Pharaoh Thutmose III's throne name inscribed on them. The last one, a bead, features two vignettes, one with the god Amun extending the ankh hieroglyph, the symbol of life, to the kneeling Pharaoh Thutmose III.