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| Keywords: Egyptian - Ring with Scarab - Walters 542208 - Bottom.jpg In this type of ring the scarab bezel is fastened by passing the ends of the bronze hoop pulled out into fine wire through the perforation and twisting them around the hoop on the opposite side The face of the glazed steatite scarab is decorated with a stylized head of the cow-eared goddess Hathor under a cartouche of King Thutmosis III between 1479 1425 BC New Kingdom steatite with glaze bronze cm 0 4 0 8 1 1 ; Inner Diam cm 2 2 ; Outer Diam cm 2 5 accession number 54 2208 11094 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1929 Translation Men-kheper-Re Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian scarabs in the Walters Art Museum Ancient Egyptian finger rings in the Walters Art Museum Cartouches of Thutmosis III Scarabs of Thutmosis III Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
