Ring with Solar Barque
JE 62450 Cairo Antiquity Museum
Material: Gold, Faience
Size: Length: 2.8 cm
Location: Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Tutankhamun (KV 62)
Excavation: Howard Carter Excavation of 1922
Period: 18th Dynasty Reign of Tutankhamun (1333-1323 BC)
This is, of course, a small part of the great treasure cache from the Tomb of Tutankhamun, discovered by Howard Carter and now in the Egyptian Museum's Tut collection.
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