Silver swivel ring with ivory scarab in gold setting - image 1

Archaic II

Silver swivel ring with ivory scarab in gold setting

Swivel ring with Egyptian ivory scarab; cartouche of Men-kheper-ra between a winged ureus, and a crowned king who kneels and makes an offering. 3/8 × 9/16 × 3/4 in. (1 × 1.4 × 1.9 cm) Diameter: 2 in. (5.1 cm)

Date

699 - 480 BC

Accession No.

74.51.4181

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

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. xxvi, xxxv, 1, London: John Murray.Perrot, Georges and Charles Chipiez. 1885. Histoire de l'Art dans l'Antiquité. t. 3, Phénicie, Cypre. p. 837, fig. 605, Paris: Hachette.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. XXVI, 4, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 4181, p. 418, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.