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Source Description
This lapis lazuli scarab bears an image of a hawk-headed figure wearing a ram's-horn crown carved in intaglio on the underside. In the figure's left hand is a staff from which a lotus blossom dangles.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
35459
label
Scarab with a Hawk-Headed Figure Set in a Swivel Ring
core
obj
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Source metadata
id
35459
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Scarab with a Hawk-Headed Figure Set in a Swivel Ring
description
This lapis lazuli scarab bears an image of a hawk-headed figure wearing a ram's-horn crown carved in intaglio on the underside. In the figure's left hand is a staff from which a lotus blossom dangles.
provenance
H. Hoffmann Collection, until 1899 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Charles Newton-Robinson, London [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Charles Newton-Robinson Sale, Christie, Manson and Woods, London, June 22, 1909, lot 3; Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, 1909, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
4th century BCE (Late Period-early Ptolemaic)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Precious Stones & Gems
scarabs
finger rings
imageCount
4
pageCount
4
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
1.1
height
1.7
depth
2.1
dimensionsRaw
H: 7/16 x W: 11/16 x L: 13/16 in. (1.1 x 1.7 x 2.1 cm); Max. outer Diam: 15/16 in. (2.4 cm); Max. inner Diam: 7/8 in. (2.15 cm)
Source extras
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Egyptian
med
lapis lazuli; mount: gold
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6182
collection_ids
EGY
JWL
exhibition_ids
2513
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