Middle Kingdom-Second Intermediate Period, circa 1900-1560 B.C.. Comprising a faience scarab with a scroll-work border framing the vertically arranged hieroglyphs: kheper beetle, nwb sign for gold, and two nfr signs flanking an ankh sign, set in a gold funda with tubular collars. See Ben-Tor, D., The Scarab: A Reflection of Ancient Egypt, Jerusalem, 1993, p. 31, for a discussion of this type of design scarab; Andrews, C., Ancient Egyptian Jewellery, London, 1990, pp.163-9, for discussion of finger rings. 3.36 grams, 20 mm (3/4 in.).

From an early 20th century Home Counties, UK, collection.