Scarab Finger Ring

Unknown Artist

ca. 1850–1750 B.C.

Scarab Finger Ring by Unknown Artist

Medium

Lapis lazuli scarab set in gold plate and on a gold wire ring Lapis-lazuli

Dimensions

diam. 2.5 cm (1 in); scarab: l. 1.8 cm (11/16 in)

Classification

Ring, scarab

Period

Middle Kingdom

Department

Egyptian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926

Accession Number

26.7.754

Tags

Scarabs

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