The Gold Ring of Queen Twosert

The exquisite gold ring of Queen Twosert who lived to an old age and was the queen first of Ramses-Siptah, raised Merneptah-Siptah, queen of Sethos and later Seti the Great. This ring is one of two examples with female royal cartouches which led to the conclusion that she had royal status. Tausret

As far as we know this ring was found in a funerary temple attributed to young pharaoh Ramses-Siptah (KV47).

Using our Calendar Calculator we determined the day of the week as Thursday September 20, 1906 when archaeologists found at Bubastis, the city of the 22nd Dynasty kings, "a gold lotus cup bearing the cartouche of Queen Tawisret and three silver jugs inscribed for a king's butler and king's messenger, Atumemtaneb..." [Reeves, `Ancient Egypt The Great Discoveries', p. 129; See also KMT, Spring 2001, Vol. 12, p. 28 for a not so good image.; For the cartouche of Twosert on a vase from Tell Deir Alla see also BA, June 1987, p. 88.]

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