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Scarab in a ring mount
Egyptian
Second Intermediate Period
about 1640–1550 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Blue-green glazed steatite; mount is 18 kt gold; Arabic assay and maker's mark
Dimensions
Scarab (L x W x H): 0.9 x 14.5 x 22 cm (3/8 x 5 11/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
Mount (H x W x D): 28 x 22 x 23.5 cm (11 x 8 11/16 x 9 1/4 in.)
Mount (H x W x D): 28 x 22 x 23.5 cm (11 x 8 11/16 x 9 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Daphne Farago
Accession Number2003.821
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Scarabs and scaraboids
DescriptionSecond Intermediate (Hyksos) Period (1640 - 1550 B.C.) steatite scarab in 20th century gold ring mount
ProvenanceBy 1900, Omar Sultan Pasha, Upper Egypt. About 1970, sold by Nassar Brothers Jewellery - Antiquities, Khan El Khalily Bazaar, Egypt to Daphne Farago, Little Compton, RI; 2003, year-end gift of Daphne Farago to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 21, 2004)