Scarab Finger Ring Inscribed for Auserre (Apophis)

Unknown Artist

ca. 1581–1541 B.C.

Scarab Finger Ring Inscribed for Auserre (Apophis) by Unknown Artist

Medium

Gold, glazed steatite

Dimensions

scarab: L. 1.8 × W. 1.3 cm (11/16 × 1/2 in.) ring: diam. 2.5 cm (1 in.)

Classification

Ring, human head scarab, Auserre Apophis I, scroll border, hieroglyphs

Period

Second Intermediate Period

Department

Egyptian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Emma B. Andrews, 1915

Accession Number

15.171

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