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Barnebys HQ
Brahegatan 10
BOX 5038
114 37 Stockholm
All auctions / Jewellery & Gems / EGYPTIAN STEATITE SCARAB WITH HIEROGLYPHICS IN SILVER RING
Middle Kingdom, Ca. 2055 - 1790 BC. A steatite scarab set in a possibly later silver ring, with the domed back marked by a single-line suture and pronotum separation. V-shaped notches appear along the upper outer edges of the elytra. The legs are incised and naturalistic. The flat base is engraved with apotropaic motifs, consisting of an owl, a djed pillar (?), the hes jar, and possibly the name of the goddess Isis. The whole is enclosed by a single incised line. For similar see: Michael C. Carlos Museum, Object Number 2012.032.330. Size: D:20.98mm / US: 11 3/8 / UK: W 1/2; Weight: 4.9g Provenance: From a private UK collection; London market acquisition; earlier part of a Swiss collection spanning the 1980s�2007. This piece is accompanied by a report from Lisa Sartini, Egyptologist PHD of Chimera Heritage Consultants.
Estimate:£200
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