Gold ring with green jasper scaraboid

Gold ring with green jasper scaraboid

Description:

Scaraboid winged uraeus snake and obscure sign; in a claw mounting.



These rings, like the pendant rings, all have a swivel bezel with engraved scarabs decorated with Egyptian gods and symbols. However, this type of ring originates from Phoenicia, where Egyptianizing designs were very popular.


1/4 × 1/2 × 3/8 in. (0.6 × 1.3 × 1 cm) Diameter: 15/16 in. (2.4 cm)

Period:

Classical

Date:

499 - 400 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

References:

Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1877. Cyprus: Its Ancient Cities, Tombs, and Temples. A Narrative of Researches and Excavations During Ten Years' Residence in That Island. pl. xxxviii, 25, London: John Murray.Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1903. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 3. pl. XXV, 5, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 4145, p. 412, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.4145