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Scarab Ring   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Anonymous (Egypt)Unknown author
Title
Scarab Ring
Description
English: This ring, a less expensive version of Walters 57.1957, is composed of a glazed steatite scarab set in a wide bronze band. It is attached to a hoop which tapers into a wire small enough to go through the perforation of the scarab. Decorative hieroglyphs are carved into the flat face of the back of the scarab. Above is the red crown flanked by "protection" symbols, below is a "djed" pillar of Osiris flanked by signs in the shape of a basket.
Date between circa 1794 and circa 1539 BC
date QS:P571,-1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,-1794-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,-1539-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
(late Middle Kingdom-Second Intermediate; MB IIB)
Medium light beige-brown steatite with blue-green glaze and bronze setting
Dimensions length: 2.5 cm (0.9 in); height: 0.9 cm (0.3 in); width: 1.6 cm (0.6 in)
dimensions QS:P2043,2.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2048,0.9U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,1.6U174728

Other: 3.2 cm (1.2 in)

Other: 3.7 cm (1.4 in)
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
54.2463
Place of creation Egypt
Object history
  • Robert Garett Collection
  • Children of Robert Garrett, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]
  • 1964: given to Walters Art Museum
Exhibition history In Search of Ancient Treasure: 40 Years of Collecting. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1978. Jewelry - Ancient to Modern. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1979-1980.
Credit line Gift of the children of Robert Garrett, 1964
Inscriptions [Inscription]: The upper part depicts Lower Egyptian crown on nb-basket: kingship and magical protection, flanked by s3-signs "protection," the lower part a dd-pillar "stability," flanked by nfr-signs "perfection." The hieroglyphic signs have no syntactical context, but the combination of signs conveys special magic protection and long-lasting perfection.
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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