Ring with Scarab

Description Exhibitions Provenance Inscription Credit

Description In this type of ring the scarab bezel is fastened by passing the ends of the bronze hoop, pulled out into fine wire, through the perforation, and twisting them around the hoop on the opposite side. The face of the glazed steatite scarab is decorated with a stylized head of the cow-eared goddess Hathor under a cartouche of King Thutmosis III.

Exhibitions

Jewelry - Ancient to Modern. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1979-1980.

Provenance Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Translation] Men-kheper-Re.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1929

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Creator

Egyptian (Artist)

Period

1479-1425 BC (New Kingdom)

Medium

steatite with glaze, bronze
(Metal)

Accession Number

54.2208

Measurements

H: 3/16 x W: 5/16 x L: 7/16 in. (0.4 x 0.8 x 1.1 cm); Inner Diam: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm); Outer Diam: 1 in. (2.5 cm)

Geographies

Egypt (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View