Scarab Finger Ring Inscribed "God's Wife Hatshepsut"
Unknown Artist
ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Medium
Steatite (glazed), silver
Dimensions
Ring: w. 2.4 cm (15/16 in); l. with setting 2.7 cm (1 1/16 in); h. 1.3 cm (1/2 in) Scarab: l. 1.4 cm (9/16 in); w. 1.2 cm (1/2 in); th. 0.7 cm (1/4 in)
Classification
Ring, scarab, Hatshepsut, God's Wife
Period
New Kingdom
Department
Egyptian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
Accession Number
26.7.770
Tags
Scarabs