Ring Bezel

ca. 1850-1648 BCE or modern (Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12-13 or modern)

1.8 cm 1.1 cm 2.4 cm

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A scarab made of turquoise-colored glazed steatite, perforated longitudinally, and probably once mounted as a ring. The elaborate gold frame around the bottom was made of thick sheet gold to which two strands of twisted gold wire flanking notched gold wire were added. The free...

Artifact

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33335
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Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1913, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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