EGYPTIAN STEATITE SCARAB IN SILVER RING

Middle Kingdom, Ca. 2055 - 1790 BC Egyptian silver finger ring with a 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: D:mm / US: 5 3/4 / UK: L; Weight: 2.1g
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.

300
Estimate: GBP 450 - 900