EGYPTIAN BRONZE RING WITH SCARAB

Middle Kingdom, Ca. 2055 - 1790 BC An Egyptian bronze finger ring with a hand-carved steatite scarab. The scarab has a frilled clypeus, sinuous legs, and bulky elytra. On the lower side is a hieroglyphic inscription framed in a carved line. For similar see: MET Museum Accession Number: 22.1.311.
Size: 25mm x 23mm; Weight: 4.8g
Provenance: Property of a London gallery; previously in a collection of a North London gentleman; formerly in a collection of Mrs B. Ellison, a deceased former member of the Egyptian Exploration Fund, bought from the 1940s, Cairo and London.

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Estimate: GBP 300 - 600