Object Number | E13055 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Egypt |
Period | Eighteenth Dynasty | New Kingdom |
Date Made | 1539-1292 BCE |
Section | Egyptian |
Materials | Gold | Steatite | Glaze |
Technique | Glazed |
Inscription Language | Hieroglyphic |
Description | A green-glazed, steatite seal, carved in the form of a scarab beetle is pierced longitudinally and mounted in a gold setting that formed the bezel of a ring. The gold eyelets of the mounting were once threaded with gold wire, which allowed the seal to rotate. |
Height | 2.2 cm |
Width | 1.58 cm |
Depth | 0.95 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 467 - Sommerville Gem Number | 29-128-467 - Old Museum Number |
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